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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Roosevelt's position regarding the war in Europe in May of 1940?
(a) He will not get involved under any circumstances
(b) He has ordered the deployment of troops
(c) He wants to remain neutral
(d) He wants to help the Allies but knows it will not be a popular decision

2. Who was the U.S. Ambassador to England in 1941?
(a) J. Edgar Hoover
(b) Herbert Hoover
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Joseph P. Kennedy

3. With whom did Eleanor side during this pre-war period?
(a) Big business
(b) The New Dealers
(c) The Republicans
(d) The Libertarians

4. Which public figured denounced the Lend-Lease aid?
(a) Amelia Earhart
(b) John Wayne
(c) Gloria Swanson
(d) Charles Lindbergh

5. Who was Roosevelt's opponent in the presidential race in 1940?
(a) Herbert Hoover
(b) Wendell Wilkie
(c) William Howard Taft
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eleanor's relation to Theodore Roosevelt?

2. What does Churchill write to Roosevelt in November of 1940?

3. Roosevelt had to decide whether to give military aid to the British or ________________________________.

4. Where did Roosevelt vacation with his family in June of 1940?

5. With what public figure does Roosevelt have a romantic flirtation?

(see the answer key)

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