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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening of Act 1, Scene 1, where has FDR been all day?
(a) Outside playing with his children.
(b) At the country club.
(c) In his office.
(d) Hunting.

2. When is Act 1, Scene 1 set?
(a) Spring of 1922.
(b) Summer of 1921.
(c) Winter of 1923.
(d) Fall of 1924.

3. Who is Babs?
(a) The Roosevelts' cook.
(b) FDR's personal secretary.
(c) FDR's wife.
(d) FDR's political adviser.

4. What diagnosis does Dr. Lovett give for FDR's condition?
(a) Guillain-Barre syndrome.
(b) A clot on the spinal cord.
(c) Spina bifida.
(d) Infantile paralysis.

5. Who is assigned the title role in the evening's play reading?
(a) Marie.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Eleanor get a private nurse to tend FDR?

2. Who told FDR, "It is only once in a generation that a people can be lifted above material things."

3. Why had FDR been unable to hold a spoon?

4. In Act 1, Scene 2, what does Mr. Howe wish that the house contained?

5. Why does Johnny dislike Mr. Howe?

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