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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 was the British government requesting of the United States in the Summer of 1940?
(a) Money
(b) Soldiers
(c) Naval destroyers
(d) Help in peace negotiations

2. What country does the German army invade in June of 1941?
(a) France
(b) Russia
(c) Hungary
(d) Poland

3. What was Eleanor's personality as she became an adult?
(a) Reserved and shy
(b) Sullen and surly
(c) Outgoing and boisterous
(d) Depressed and insecure

4. What did Roosevelt and Churchill unite on during this period?
(a) The assassination of Hitler
(b) A new draft effort
(c) The assassination of Mussolini
(d) Development of an atomic bomb

5. To which of her children did Eleanor become closest?
(a) James
(b) Elliott
(c) Sara
(d) Ann

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eleanor's position on war?

2. With whom do the Roosevelts spend Christmas of 1941?

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

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

5. What unpopular law did Roosevelt need to reinstate during the Summer of 1940?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the evolution of Franklin and Eleanor's marriage.

2. What was the state of Franklin and Eleanor's marriage in 1940?

3. What is the difficult position in which Roosevelt finds himself as Europe continues to be ravaged by Germany?

4. What was the evolution of the relationship between Eleanor and Lorena?

5. Who was James Doolittle?

6. Explain Roosevelt's difficult position about entering the war.

7. Who were the principal companions of Franklin and Eleanor during this period?

8. Explain "The Arcadia Conference."

9. What is important about the date of May 9, 1940, in the life of Franklin Roosevelt?

10. How did Roosevelt help the American people understand what was going on in the war?

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