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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. In what condition is the White House when the Trumans move in?
(a) Practically vacant
(b) Pristine and gleaming
(c) Dirty and rundown
(d) A little shoddy

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

3. Which one of the Roosevelt children did Eleanor visit while in England?
(a) Anna
(b) John
(c) Sara
(d) Elliott

4. What subject did not garner much interest among Americans?
(a) The FDIC
(b) Japanese art and culture
(c) The war effort in North Africa
(d) The murder of Jewish people in Germany

5. Who was Roosevelt's Republican opponent in the presidential election of 1944?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt
(b) George Patton
(c) Thomas Dewey
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower

Short Answer Questions

1. What medication is prescribed for Roosevelt?

2. Who is angered by a meeting held between Roosevelt and Churchill in August of 1943?

3. Who was Fala?

4. To whom did Lucy Mercer send a sympathy letter after Franklin's death?

5. Who visited Roosevelt under an assumed name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the nature of Eleanor's trip to the South Pacific in 1943?

2. What is the state of the Roosevelts' marriage by the end of 1944?

3. Explain the role of women in industry during World War II.

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

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

6. What was the agenda for each of the "Big Three" leaders at the Yalta Conference?

7. What was the relationship between Franklin and Lucy Mercer after he was President?

8. Explain the GI Bill.

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

10. How did Eleanor come to terms with her husband's infidelities over the years?

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