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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. Eleanor also served as a member of the Commission of what?

2. Where did Franklin travel for a war conference in 1944?

3. Where was the World Federation of United Nations meeting held?

4. Where is Franklin buried?

5. What was the hardest on Eleanor regarding her war trips?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which heads of state visited Eleanor and Franklin in the White House?

2. What differences between life in the East and West did Eleanor notice after visiting Yalta?

3. Describe Eleanor's trip to the Pacific.

4. Recount Eleanor's visit to London during WWII explaining what her aunt remarked on after her visit with the royal family.

5. Where was Eleanor and what was she doing when the news of Pearl Harbor breaks?

6. How did Franklin eventually earn Stalin's respect and trust?

7. What changes did Eleanor notice in Franklin in March 1945?

8. Compare Eleanor's views of how Russians were helping the world and how Americans were helping the world in 1959.

9. Describe Eleanor's reasoning for separating from the youth organizations she was involved with in 1939 and 1940.

10. Describe Franklin's death and funeral.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the difference between denotation and connotation. How does this related to the word "wife" in terms of Eleanor's book?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the way Eleanor addressed the role of women in her book. Why did she choose to address this topic in particular? Did you learn anything about the role of women that you didn't know before?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Eleanor include specific details about her wedding to Franklin in her book? What do you think she was trying to communicate to readers about her early relationship with Franklin by doing so?

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