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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, “The Hot Weather Secretary”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who won the election for the Mayor of New York in 1886?
(a) Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice.
(b) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(c) Abram Hewitt.
(d) George Edmunds.

2. Where did Theodore Roosevelt, as Assistant Secretary to the Navy, deliver an inciting speech speaking against Japan's presence in the Pacific?
(a) Richmond, Virginia.
(b) Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) Southport, Florida.
(d) Sandusky, Ohio.

3. What was Grover Cleveland’s position when he served a summons to speak with Theodore Roosevelt in Albany in 1883?
(a) President of the United States.
(b) Mayor of New York City.
(c) Senator of New York.
(d) Governor of New York.

4. When Theodore Roosevelt lost the election for New York City Mayor, he rejoiced that at least what friend of his had won a seat in Congress?
(a) George Edmunds.
(b) Abram Hewitt.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice.

5. Where did Theodore and Alice Roosevelt retreat for the month of July as construction continued on Roosevelt’s mansion at Oyster Bay, according to the author in Chapter 7, “The Fighting Cock”?
(a) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(b) Richfield Springs, New York.
(c) Brighton Beach, New York.
(d) Coney Island, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name refers to Republican political activists that bolted from the U.S. Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the Presidential Election of 1884?

2. What refers to a levy on the unimproved value of land only?

3. Theodore Roosevelt was appointed to the post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy in what year?

4. In 1883-1884, the topic of the New York Elevated railroad arose and Roosevelt supported a measure to lower the fare from 10 cents to how much?

5. Who did Theodore Roosevelt meet at a party that suggested Roosevelt accompany him to Dakota, according to the author in Chapter 7, “The Fighting Cock”?

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