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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. 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.

2. What refers to a levy on the unimproved value of land only?
(a) Land value tax.
(b) Land immunity tax.
(c) Personal value tax.
(d) Land levy accordance.

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

4. Who was the Secretary of the Navy when Theodore Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary?
(a) Titus Sheard.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) John D. Long.
(d) Seth Bullock.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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”?

5. As acting Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Roosevelt toured what new ship where he heard the cannons fire for the first time, according to the author in Chapter 22, “The Hot Weather Secretary”?

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