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

2. What demeanor was Roosevelt encouraged to develop as a child?
(a) Optimistic
(b) Aggressive
(c) Nonchalant
(d) Petulant

3. What is Franklin's physical condition?
(a) He has had a leg amputated
(b) He is paralyzed from the waist down
(c) He was born without a leg
(d) He is a quadraplegic

4. Who is Harry Hopkins?
(a) Franklin's valet
(b) Franklin's best friend
(c) Franklin's tailor
(d) Franklin's political advisor

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens within one week of the event of December 7, 1941?

2. For what does Roosevelt ask Congress?

3. In what area were the Germans ahead of the Allies?

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

5. Who was Joseph Lash?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Eleanor Roosevelt's position and activities related to race relations in the United States in 1940.

2. What is one perspective of historians regarding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

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

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

5. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's position on war?

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

7. What problems did Roosevelt face on American soil at this time?

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

9. Who was James Doolittle?

10. What did Roosevelt do first in order to prepare for potential war?

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