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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what public issue does Eleanor find herself immersed in September of 1940?
(a) Voter's rights
(b) Women's rights
(c) Racial controversy
(d) Franklin's infidelity

2. Where did Franklin seek the healing of water for his polio?
(a) Portland, Maine
(b) Sarasota, Florida
(c) Salt Lake City, Utah
(d) Warm Springs, Georgia

3. What is the name of the cottage built for Eleanor on the Hyde Park estate?
(a) Solitude
(b) Val-Kill
(c) Magnolia
(d) Petit Park

4. What did Roosevelt call for in his State of the Union address in January of 1942?
(a) Gifts for the troops
(b) Peace talks with Japan
(c) Massive military production
(d) A renewed draft effort

5. Who is Marvina Thompson?
(a) Eleanor's personal secretary
(b) Eleanor's best friend
(c) Eleanor's childhood friend
(d) Eleanor's speechwriter

6. Why does the Civil Rights movement surge again at this time?
(a) War plants would not hire black workers
(b) Black voters are denied voter registration
(c) White schools will not enroll black children
(d) Black churches are burned in New York

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

8. With whom do the Roosevelts spend Christmas of 1941?
(a) Queen Elizabeth
(b) Teddy Roosevelt
(c) The Churchills
(d) Missy LeHand

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

10. In Roosevelt's January 1941 State of the Union address, he names ____________________________.
(a) His new running mate
(b) His successor in the Democratic Party
(c) Four essential freedoms
(d) A new Secretary of State

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

12. Why did Eleanor want to travel to Europe in 1940?
(a) Work with the Red Cross
(b) Tour vineyards in France
(c) Visit relatives in England
(d) Paint in Italy

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

14. What military equipment did the Germans have that far exceeded the Allies?
(a) Machine guns
(b) Surveillance
(c) Grenades
(d) Tanks

15. How did the Allied troops escape to England?
(a) On any type of boat available
(b) Extended marches
(c) Helicopters
(d) Airplanes

Short Answer Questions

1. This chapter focuses on Franklin's ______________________________.

2. What was the Arcadia Conference?

3. What happened to Missy LeHand in June of 1941?

4. What did Roosevelt call the war in Europe in a speech in May of 1941?

5. Which pilot led a daring raid on Japan?

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