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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 does Freedman say Eleanor tried to convey her observations to her husband?

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

3. What were Franklin Roosevelt's advisers' thoughts about Eleanor Roosevelt?

4. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's suspicion about the Democratic Party's interest in women's rights?

5. What does Freedman say was the effect of Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Eleanor Roosevelt do to help women, as First Lady?

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

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

4. How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's response to European hostilities?

5. In what way was Eleanor Roosevelt unlike previous First Ladies?

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

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

8. Describe the crisis surrounding Lucy Mercer.

9. Describe Eleanor's experience teaching at the Todhunter school.

10. How does Freedman describe the White House as it was occupied by Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage the ideal marriage for the number of obligations they had, as President and First Lady? Did it help that they weren't passionate or intimate with each other? Did Lucy Mercer do Eleanor Roosevelt a favor, or did she ruin her life?

Essay Topic 2

How did Eleanor Roosevelt's sense of inferiority change over time? Did she learn to compensate for it, or did she turn it into a strength?

Essay Topic 3

To what extent was Eleanor Roosevelt a product of her times? How did the Great War, Prohibition, the Depression and the build-up toward war in Europe in the 1930s shape her personality? How did her personality pres back against the pressure of the times?

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