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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 was Franklin Roosevelt's reaction to his paralysis?
2. What communities did Eleanor Roosevelt provide political access to for her husband?
3. What did Eleanor like about Louis Howe?
4. Where did Eleanor take a political leadership position?
5. Why was Franklin Roosevelt encouraged to run for a third term?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way did Franklin's polio contribute to Eleanor's political activism?
2. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's trip to Europe to visit the troops?
3. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's illness and paralysis.
4. What does the term 'liberal' mean when applied to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
5. How would Eleanor go about trying to influence the President on issues she had feelings about?
6. Why did Franklin Roosevelt end up taking a third term as President?
7. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's death.
8. How does Freedman describe the role Eleanor stepped into in the family after her husband was paralyzed?
9. What did Eleanor Roosevelt do to help women, as First Lady?
10. Where does Freedman say Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt differed politically?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did Eleanor Roosevelt develop as a public speaker, and how did her personality change as she became more comfortable in front of crowds?
Essay Topic 2
How has Eleanor Roosevelt changed what it means to be First Lady? How have First Ladies since Eleanor Roosevelt built upon her legacy?
Essay Topic 3
It comes out late in the biography that Franklin had seen Lucy Mercer (Lucy Mercer Rutherford) a number of times after Eleanor Roosevelt thought their affair was over. How did Eleanor Roosevelt live without intimacy of her own? Was politics enough for her? What did she do with her desire for personal love?
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