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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. What term refers to the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent?
(a) Indian Removal.
(b) Individual Right.
(c) Personal Utopia.
(d) Manifest Destiny.

2. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior received an appointment as Collector of Customs to the Port of New York by what U.S. President?
(a) William McKinley.
(b) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(c) James Garfield.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

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

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

5. What was the first work that Theodore Roosevelt published following his first year at college?
(a) A Biography of Gouveneur Morris.
(b) Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay.
(c) Hunting Tips of a Ranchman.
(d) The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman,” the author describes Theodore Roosevelt returning to Albany to serve his what term as assemblyman?

2. When Theodore Roosevelt first arrived in Albany as an assemblyman, he was compared by his fellow assemblyman to what contemporary writer of the time?

3. While searching for the cattle thieves that he believed stole his boat, Theodore Roosevelt met and befriended what famous sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota?

4. When was Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt born?

5. Where did Theodore Roosevelt live while he studied in college?

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