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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 were Franklin Roosevelt's advisers' thoughts about Eleanor Roosevelt?
2. Who was allowed into Eleanor Roosevelt's press conferences?
3. What did Eleanor Roosevelt dislike about the prospect of moving to Washington D.C.?
4. How does Freedman say the marriage between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt changed after the Lucy Mercer affair?
5. How does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt's relationship with Eleanor changed in his second term?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the debate over the League of Nations in 1920, and how did it affect Franklin Roosevelt's election prospects?
2. How does Freedman describe the role Eleanor stepped into in the family after her husband was paralyzed?
3. Describe Eleanor's experience teaching at the Todhunter school.
4. Describe the Roosevelts' experience in Europe after the Great War.
5. How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's response to European hostilities?
6. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's trip to Europe to visit the troops?
7. How would Eleanor go about trying to influence the President on issues she had feelings about?
8. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's part in the National Youth Administration?
9. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's career through Franklin's first term as President?
10. In what way was Eleanor Roosevelt unlike previous First Ladies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the difference between Eleanor Roosevelt as a daughter and Eleanor Roosevelt as a mother. What changed in the interval? How did she alter the course of her family in the children she raised?
Essay Topic 2
Evaluate your own reading of 'Eleanor Roosevelt'--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the health of the liberal legacy Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt left us. How have the ideas they instituted in government fared? Are their ideals dead or alive today?
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