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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 Eleanor Roosevelt work with a private coach to improve?

2. What did Eleanor Roosevelt co-direct with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia?

3. When did Franklin Roosevelt take office in the White House?

4. What was Sarah Roosevelt's response when she heard about the crisis over Franklin Roosevelt's affair with Lucy Mercer?

5. What was it that paralyzed Franklin Roosevelt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What policies did Eleanor advocate in the Democratic Party?

6. What was the debate over the League of Nations in 1920, and how did it affect Franklin Roosevelt's election prospects?

7. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's progress from paralyzed New York politician to candidate for President.

8. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's death.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the most important influences on Eleanor Roosevelt's life and development, and how did people or events shape her? How did she exert influences on other people in turn?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How did Eleanor Roosevelt develop as a public speaker, and how did her personality change as she became more comfortable in front of crowds?

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