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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. Who became governor of New York when Eleanor was in boarding school?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

2. Which politician did Franklin support?
(a) Eugene V. Debs.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) William McKinley.
(d) Robert La Follette.

3. What was the name of Eleanor's boarding school?
(a) None of the answers is correct..
(b) Allenswood..
(c) Ellenswold.
(d) Les Ruches.

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

5. Who was nominated for president in 1928?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Alfred Smith.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Eleanor when Uncle Ted died?

2. What occurred at the 1920 Democratic convention?

3. What did Franklin do after losing the vice presidential election?

4. Where was the 1920 Democratic convention held?

5. Where did Eleanor and her family move in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sorts of activities did Eleanor become involved in when the family moved to New York?

2. How did Eleanor's relationship with her mother-in-law change in Chapter 11?

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

4. Why do you think it was the hardest for Eleanor to send her youngest child to boarding school?

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

6. What was Eleanor like in large groups as a teenager?

7. Eleanor's role as a mother and wife changed a bit during WWI. What did she see as her main duties?

8. What sorts of travel experiences did Eleanor have as a young girl?

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

10. How did the structure of social life change when the United States entered WWI?

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