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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of gathering was Eleanor Roosevelt a frequent attendant at after her return to the U.S.?

2. Where did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt honeymoon?

3. What does Freedman say the Secret Service objected to?

4. What was the Consumer's League focused on?

5. What was Franklin Roosevelt's response to Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about her household?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why wasn't Eleanor Roosevelt looking forward to her coming out?

2. Describe Eleanor Roosevelt's first engagement.

3. What was Allenswood like?

4. How does Freedman characterize the difference between Eleanor and Franklin's personalities?

5. How did Eleanor like being a Senator's wife?

6. What was the Secret Service's problem with Eleanor Roosevelt?

7. Describe the scene when Franklin Roosevelt proposed to Eleanor.

8. Describe Eleanor Roosevelt's entrance into charity work.

9. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's first experience in politics.

10. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change the position of First Lady?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Eleanor Roosevelt learn from her work in charities and political organizations? What effect did she have on the organizations she was part of?

Essay Topic 2

How has feminism changed since Eleanor Roosevelt? How does modern feminism bear the imprint of Eleanor Roosevelt's work in the 1920s and 1930s?

Essay Topic 3

What were the most important influences on Eleanor Roosevelt's life and development, and how did people or events shape her? How did she exert influences on other people in turn?

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