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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, “The Silver-Plated Reform Commissioner”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Theodore Roosevelt first arrived in Albany as an assemblyman, he was compared by his fellow assemblyman to what contemporary writer of the time?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

2. A severe U.S. winter in 1886-1887 wiped out most of Theodore Roosevelt’s herd of cattle and his investments of how much at Elk Horn ranch?
(a) $80,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $60,000.

3. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Rutgers University.

4. What was the name of the second nature book that Theodore Roosevelt published while he was still enrolled in college?
(a) The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks.
(b) Hunting Tips of a Ranchman.
(c) Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay.
(d) A Biography of Gouveneur Morris.

5. Who did Theodore Roosevelt campaign for in the 1888 Presidential election?
(a) Benjamin Harrison.
(b) Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice.
(c) Thomas Hart Benton.
(d) James G. Blaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory?

2. As Civil Service Commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt confronted what potentially crooked Postmaster General in Milwaukee, according to the author in Chapter 16, “The Silver-Plated Reform Commissioner”?

3. In how many of his seven subjects did Theodore Roosevelt earn honors at the completion of his freshman year in college?

4. What was the cause of death of Alice Roosevelt following the death of her and Theodore’s daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt?

5. Who was elected as Speaker in the New York Assembly in 1881 and 1882?

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