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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. In 1886, Roosevelt ran as the Republican candidate for mayor of New York City, portraying himself as what persona?
(a) “The Rancher Professor.”
(b) “The Cowboy of the Ivy League.”
(c) “The Cowboy of the Dakotas.”
(d) “The Future President.”

2. 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?
(a) Whigs.
(b) Turncoats.
(c) Carpetbaggers.
(d) Mugwumps.

3. When did the Navy’s battleship explode in Havana Harbor during Roosevelt’s post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy?
(a) February 12, 1884.
(b) December 2, 1886.
(c) August 14, 1894.
(d) February 15, 1898.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. When was the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act established?

3. Who did Theodore Roosevelt meet aboard a ship bound for England in the winter of 1886, who later introduced Roosevelt to many English dignitaries?

4. Where did Theodore Roosevelt, as Assistant Secretary to the Navy, deliver an inciting speech speaking against Japan's presence in the Pacific?

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”?

(see the answer key)

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