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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. According to Eleanor, did Franklin want to run for a third term?

2. What did Franklin die of?

3. How long did Eleanor serve at the UN?

4. Who told Eleanor the news about Pearl Harbor?

5. What head of state came to New York for medical treatment and recovered at Hyde Park?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Eleanor's work with the UN impact her interest in the Soviet Union?

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

3. What was Eleanor's life like at Hyde Park after Franklin died?

4. How did Eleanor feel about being the only female delegate on the UN General Assembly?

5. Describe the process of approving the International Bill of Rights.

6. What did Eleanor learn about Hong Kong in the mid-1950s?

7. What was Eleanor's impression of Yugoslavia and President Tito?

8. How did Eleanor react to adjusting to a life without Franklin?

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

10. Do you think Eleanor traveled too much in the years following Franklin's death? Describe why.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did less well-known people play in Eleanor's book? What advantages and disadvantages were there to having so many people in this book? Would you have preferred that Eleanor included fewer people? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How did certain events in Eleanor's book evoke a climatic feeling? What is it about Franklin's death that evokes a sense of climax? Does it have anything to do with anticipation or what you already knew before you read Eleanor's book?

Essay Topic 3

What is the tone of "The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt"? Why would Eleanor choose to write the book in this type of tone? What impact does the tone have on the way the reader perceives the characters and information presented in the chapters?

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