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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Franklin in August 1921?
(a) He was elected vice president.
(b) He had a heart attack.
(c) He became ill with infant paralysis.
(d) He had a bad fall.

2. Where was Franklin in the fall of 1928?
(a) Maine.
(b) The Democratic Convention.
(c) Warm Springs.
(d) New York City.

3. What policy referred to improving relationships with Latin America?
(a) The Camaraderie Policy.
(b) The Ambassadorial Policy.
(c) The Good Neighbor Policy.
(d) The Good Friends Policy.

4. With whom did Eleanor work on the League of Women Voters?
(a) Elizabeth Read.
(b) Dorothea Dix.
(c) Jane Addams.
(d) Gloria Steinem.

5. What did Franklin need in order to walk?
(a) Eleanor's arm.
(b) Braces and crutches.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Medication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eleanor given to carry in her car?

2. Did Eleanor actively campaign in Franklin's campaign for re-election in 1936?

3. Whom did Franklin take with him to Houston?

4. What was Eleanor's impression of Puerto Rico?

5. Where did the Roosevelts spend election night of 1932?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Eleanor introduced to politics? What was her attitude toward them at first?

2. Summarize Eleanor's first ten years of marriage. What were her main duties?

3. How did Franklin's vice-presidential nomination affect Eleanor?

4. What view did Eleanor have of World War I? How do readers know?

5. How much of Eleanor's advice do you think Franklin took seriously? Why do you think that?

6. During her first years as First Lady, what seemed to have affected Eleanor the most as she made her trips around the United States?

7. Eleanor and Franklin were cousins. During the early 1900's, how socially acceptable was the practice of dating and marrying a cousin?

8. Describe Eleanor's opinion of Secret Service protection.

9. What was Eleanor's description of when Franklin won the presidential election?

10. In what capacity was Eleanor working as a journalist during the 1930's?

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