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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. For what do hundreds of thousands Allied soldiers prepare in the spring of 1944?
(a) The end of the war
(b) D-Day
(c) Another attack by the Axis forces
(d) Continuing rations

2. Who is the only Roosevelt child who did not run for public office?
(a) John
(b) Anna
(c) Sara
(d) Elliott

3. What is considered to be Eleanor Roosevelt's greatest achievement?
(a) Speaking out for the disadvantaged
(b) Launching the Civil Rights movement
(c) Raising five children
(d) Marrying Franklin Roosevelt

4. What does Roosevelt do for the first time at a joint session of Congress?
(a) Appears in a wheelchair
(b) Refuses to give a speech
(c) Breaks down and cries
(d) Yells at the attendants

5. What bill does Roosevelt sign into law in June of 1944?
(a) The Civil Rights Bill
(b) The Anti Defamation Bill
(c) The Social Security Bill
(d) The GI Bill

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Franklin spend his time on his vacation?

2. Who was Fala?

3. What staple item is added to the ration list by Thanksgiving of 1942?

4. Where does Roosevelt spend election night in 1944?

5. With whom had Franklin fallen in love during the early years of his marriage to Eleanor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the role that Anna Roosevelt plays in her parents' lives at the beginning of 1944.

2. What do some historians contend about Roosevelt's performance at Yalta in light of his failing health?

3. What was the state of Franklin's health in 1944?

4. Explain the contrasts in Franklin and Eleanor's personalities that ultimately made their marriage troublesome.

5. What is Roosevelt's new rallying cry at the end of 1943?

6. What was Eleanor's perspective on the Japanese internment camps in the U.S.?

7. What happened in the aftermath of Franklin's death?

8. What was the outcome of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944?

9. How did Eleanor find personal fulfillment by the end of November, 1944?

10. Explain the Smith-Connally Act.

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