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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. How would Eleanor go about making a recommendation to her husband, according to Freedman?

2. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt about public speaking?

3. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt needed as the war took a toll on him?

4. How does Freedman describe the difference between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on civil rights?

5. How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the New Age her husband was inaugurating?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the crisis surrounding Lucy Mercer.

3. Why did Franklin Roosevelt end up taking a third term as President?

4. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's death.

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

6. Describe Eleanor's relationship with the black community.

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

8. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's illness and paralysis.

9. How does Freedman describe the role Eleanor stepped into in the family after her husband was paralyzed?

10. How would Eleanor go about trying to influence the President on issues she had feelings about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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