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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what has Eleanor Roosevelt just received an award?
(a) Promoting women's rights
(b) Promoting the arts
(c) Hospital fundraising
(d) Promoting Civil Rights and abolishing poverty

2. Roosevelt had to decide whether to give military aid to the British or ________________________________.
(a) Side with Germany
(b) Build up America's military
(c) Stay out of the war completely
(d) Let Britain fight its own battles

3. For how many years had Franklin D. Roosevelt been President of the United States at the beginning of the book?
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 3

4. What is the problem occurring on American soil in May of 1940?
(a) The railroad system is failing
(b) The labor unions are all threatening to strike
(c) The Great Depression is in its tenth year
(d) Yankee Stadium is closed for repairs

5. How is the Roosevelts' marriage described?
(a) Unusual
(b) Typical
(c) Hostile
(d) Strained

Short Answer Questions

1. What public figure makes a case for isolationism in conflict with Roosevelt's position?

2. Who is Harry Hopkins?

3. How was Eleanor's marriage to Franklin in the beginning?

4. Who was Eleanor's mother?

5. What was Eleanor's position on war?

(see the answer key)

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