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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 Act 1, Scene 1, what does the Roosevelt family decide to do after dinner?
(a) Sing songs from "Show Boat."
(b) Re-enact "Green Grow the Lilacs."
(c) Read the play "Julius Caesar."
(d) Read one of Ibsen's plays.

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

3. Why does Mr. Howe encourage Missy to pretend that everything is normal around FDR?
(a) No one wants to upset FDR.
(b) The doctor recommended humoring him.
(c) FDR wants everyone to believe that he will be well again.
(d) A nurse recommended humoring him.

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

5. Who is Duffy?
(a) A black Scottish terrier.
(b) FDR's political adviser.
(c) FDR's driver.
(d) The caretaker of the Roosevelts' summer home .

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character describes FDR as having "the body of a bull - disposition of a lamb?"

2. Who writes FDR's speeches?

3. What do FDR and Jimmy do immediately before dinner in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. Who is Eleanor?

5. What prognosis does Dr. Lovett have about FDR's symptoms?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does FDR's experience with polio affect his character?

2. Describe FDR and Mr. Howe's relationship.

3. Why does FDR refer to Jimmy as a "man of iron"?

4. How does FDR respond to Mr. Lassiter in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. What does FDR comment about as he reads the paper in Act 1, Scene 1?

6. What does the speaker in Act 3, Scene 3 yell at the delegates?

7. Why does FDR tell Missy to change his membership status at the Golf Club?

8. What struggles does Anna have in Act 2?

9. Why does FDR ask Missy to procure a blueprint of Madison Square Garden?

10. How does the general public react to the news of FDR's disability?

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