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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 did Franklin refuse to do in the marriage?
(a) Divorce her
(b) Separate for awhile
(c) Stop having affairs
(d) Go to counseling

2. In what incident did Eleanor get involved in Virginia?
(a) The preservation of Monticello
(b) A tobacco embargo
(c) The Mount Vernon Ladies Society
(d) The execution of a black sharecropper

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

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

5. In what area were the Germans ahead of the Allies?
(a) Social services
(b) Weaponry
(c) Technology
(d) Education

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Arcadia Conference?

2. What did Roosevelt consider important during the pre-war period?

3. What type of childhood did Eleanor have?

4. With whom does Franklin continue to spend weekends and afternoons?

5. Who did Roosevelt denounce for joining forces with Germany?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the rationing of goods in America during World War II.

2. What was the nature of Roosevelt's childhood?

3. What was the role of Roosevelt's mother in his marriage and family life?

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

5. What were the circumstances related to Roosevelt's inviting Crown Princess Martha of Norway to stay at the White House?

6. Who was James Doolittle?

7. Who was Missy LeHand?

8. What is Eleanor's heritage?

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

10. In what way does Eleanor find some purpose in her life mid-1940?

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