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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. In how many of his seven subjects did Theodore Roosevelt earn honors at the completion of his freshman year in college?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

2. In Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman,” the author states that Theodore Roosevelt succeeded in pushing three pieces of legislations through, including a reform of what?
(a) New York City's aldermen.
(b) New York City’s ports.
(c) New York City’s policemen.
(d) New York City’s transportation system.

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

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

5. 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”?
(a) Frank Hatton.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) George Paul.
(d) Seth Bullock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Theodore Roosevelt become friends with during his early career as an assemblyman, who became Roosevelt’s first ally?

2. When Theodore Roosevelt returned to New York from the Dakotas in 1885-1886, a publisher contracted him to write a biography of whom?

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

4. In the Dakota Territory, Roosevelt enjoyed celebrity status for his capture of the cattle thieves who stole his boat. He was then asked to give a speech at a political celebration in what town on July 4, according to the author in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?

5. In investigating corruption in the case of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad and the City of New York, Theodore Roosevelt’s findings demanded further investigation of what two individuals in 1881-1882?

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