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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prognosis does Dr. Lovett have about FDR's symptoms?
(a) FDR will recover completely.
(b) FDR will be partially paralyzed.
(c) He is unsure of the outcome.
(d) FDR will be permanently paralyzed.

2. Who is Missy LeHand?
(a) The caretaker of the Roosevelts' summer home .
(b) FDR's political adviser.
(c) The Roosevelt's maid.
(d) FDR's private secretary.

3. What plan does Mr. Howe devise to prevent reporters from seeing FDR on a stretcher?
(a) Mr. Howe is leaving in the car while the family takes the train.
(b) Sara distracts the reporters with an interview as the family leaves.
(c) FDR and his family leave using different forms of transportation.
(d) Missy is leaving in the car while the family boards a boat.

4. In Act 1, Scene 2, where does Eleanor wish FDR could be moved?
(a) Downstairs.
(b) To a modern hospital in New York.
(c) To the large hospital in Columbus.
(d) To their home in Hyde Park.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Act 1, Scene 1 set?

2. Who is Duffy?

3. At the end of Act 1, Scene 3, which character is left behind to close up the house at Campobello?

4. Which child is called "the runt" in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What sends FDR to bed early in Act 1, Scene 1?

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