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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roosevelt do for Missy?
(a) Leaves her half his estate in his will
(b) Sends her a wedding gift
(c) Buys her a new wardrobe
(d) Throws a going away party for her

2. What was Eleanor's position on war?
(a) War is a necessary part of life
(b) She was against all wars
(c) She was pro-war in all cases
(d) There are some times when war is justified

3. What college did Roosevelt attend after boarding school?
(a) Yale University
(b) Duke University
(c) Columbia University
(d) Harvard University

4. For what does Roosevelt ask Congress?
(a) A declaration of war
(b) 50,000 airplanes
(c) Increased draft measures
(d) A wartime budget approval

5. How many Allied troops escaped to England in the "miracle of Dunkirk?"
(a) 3,400
(b) 300,000
(c) 340,000
(d) 34,000

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Eleanor when her father died?

3. Where does Eleanor go to work during this period?

4. Who was the U.S. Ambassador to England in 1941?

5. In Roosevelt's January 1941 State of the Union address, he names ____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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