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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 did Marion Dickerman and Eleanor Roosevelt do together after Marion invited Eleanor to teach?

2. What was Franklin Roosevelt in charge of in Europe?

3. What did Franklin Roosevelt do after losing the 1920 election?

4. What was Eleanor's position at the League of Women's Voters?

5. Why did Eleanor Roosevelt resign from the Daughters of the American Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's part in the National Youth Administration?

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

3. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's trip to Europe to visit the troops?

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

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

6. Describe the crisis surrounding Lucy Mercer.

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

8. How did Eleanor develop as a public speaker?

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

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

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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