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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 did the family decide after the funeral?
(a) To move to Albany to support Theodore
(b) To sell the house on 57th Street
(c) To cremate Mittie's body
(d) To have Corinne take care of the baby

2. Theodore sold parcels of land to whom?
(a) Bamie
(b) Corinne
(c) George Semin
(d) Mittie's uncle Daniel

3. Which school did Theodore begin attending?
(a) Yale Medical School
(b) Boston Univeristy
(c) Harvard Graduate School
(d) Columbia Law School

4. What did Mittie die of?
(a) Heart attack
(b) Thypoid fever
(c) Influenza
(d) Scarlet fever

5. What led Theodore into politics?
(a) Curiosity and duty
(b) Competition and ambition
(c) Fate and good luck
(d) Power and responsibility

Short Answer Questions

1. The sharpest division in the student body was between who?

2. Who was Theodore supporting in the Presidential bid when he went to Chicago?

3. How many classes did Theodore take in his junior year?

4. How many other members of the Assembly were there?

5. Who did Theodore become engaged to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Bamie's role in the family? Give examples from the book/chapter.

2. What did Elliott do after he returned to New York from India? Where did he stay? Who did he meet?

3. What news reaches the family through telegrams? Who is first to reach the house?

4. What did Theodore blame Harvard for? Why?

5. What issue did Theodore become involved with during his first year? Why did Theodore push for this action? What eventually happened.

6. How does Theodore react to Alice's death? What decisions are made in the family?

7. How were Theodore's last two years at Harvard different from the first two? How were they similar?

8. Compare and contrast Elliott and Theodore in the events of Chapter 11. How are they similar or different?

9. How did Theodore define a ranchman? Did Theodore fit this definition?

10. What post was Theodore nominated for? What happened? Who did he become engaged to? Why was the family taken back by this?

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