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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. Which character does not want FDR to be involved in politics?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Anna.
(c) Sara.
(d) Missy.

2. Where is Granny in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) New York.

3. Who is Harding?
(a) FDR's personal secretary.
(b) FDR's political adviser.
(c) The caretaker of the Roosevelts' summer home .
(d) The current president of the United States in Act 1, Scene 1.

4. Who told FDR, "It is only once in a generation that a people can be lifted above material things."
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) James M. Cox.
(c) Louie Howe.
(d) Warren G. Harding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Marie primarily speak in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. In the opening of Act 1, Scene 1, where has FDR been all day?

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

4. In Act 1, Scene 1, what does the Roosevelt family decide to do after dinner?

5. What does the family first believe was the cause of FDR's discomfort?

(see the answer key)

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