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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 does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt was uncomfortable about in the townhouse where she lived with her husband and children?

2. What did Eleanor think about Franklin?

3. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt reacted to the Secret Service's objections?

4. What is NOT an innovation Freedman credits Eleanor Roosevelt with?

5. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt about her prospects as a wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Franklin Roosevelt's next step in politics?

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

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

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

5. What sadness waited for Eleanor Roosevelt when she returned to the U.S. from London?

6. Describe Eleanor Roosevelt's first engagement.

7. Describe the early years of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage.

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

9. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt asserted her independence as First Lady?

10. How did Franklin Roosevelt's mother react to news of the engagement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What can Eleanor Roosevelt's life teach us, about how to live? What moral does Freedman extract from her life, and what other morals might it teach?

Essay Topic 2

What was the role of Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis in Eleanor Roosevelt's life? Would she have been the Eleanor Roosevelt we know now if her husband had been able-bodied?

Essay Topic 3

How has Eleanor Roosevelt changed what it means to be First Lady? How have First Ladies since Eleanor Roosevelt built upon her legacy?

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