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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. Where did Eleanor take a political leadership position?

2. What does Freedman say Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt saw in Europe?

3. What did Eleanor learn how to do in order to teach her children?

4. What effect did her husband's paralysis have on Eleanor's feelings for him?

5. What responsibility did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt say the government bore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the outcome of the affair with Lucy Mercer?

2. How did Eleanor develop as a public speaker?

3. In what way did Franklin's polio contribute to Eleanor's political activism?

4. Where does Freedman say Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt differed politically?

5. How did Eleanor Roosevelt's role change in Franklin's second term as President?

6. Describe the crisis surrounding Lucy Mercer.

7. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's illness and paralysis.

8. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's career through Franklin's first term as President?

9. Describe the Roosevelts' experience in Europe after the Great War.

10. How did her husband's loss in 1920 affect Eleanor Roosevelt's political activities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the effect of Eleanor Roosevelt's looks on her life story and personality? Were her plain looks an advantage or a disadvantage? How did she approach her looks differently as she developed as a person?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of 'Eleanor Roosevelt'. What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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