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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Georgia.

2. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?
(a) French.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

3. From whose brother did Theodore Roosevelt purchase the lands in the Dakota Territory that he planned to use as a cattle ranch?
(a) Isaac Hunt’s.
(b) Joe Ferris’s.
(c) James Wilson’s.
(d) Charles Patterson’s.

4. What is the highest mountain in Maine that Theodore Roosevelt set out to climb in his junior year of college?
(a) Mount McKinley.
(b) Mount Harrison.
(c) Mount Ozark.
(d) Mount Katahdin.

5. Who did Theodore Roosevelt become friends with during his early career as an assemblyman, who became Roosevelt’s first ally?
(a) George Edmunds.
(b) Charles Patterson.
(c) Isaac Hunt.
(d) Seth Bullock.

Short Answer 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?

2. Before departing the Dakota Territory from his first visit, Theodore Roosevelt purchased what property to use as a cattle ranch?

3. Who did Theodore Roosevelt hire as a local guide on his first trip to the Dakota Territory?

4. By what nickname was Theodore Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt, known?

5. In what year did Theodore Roosevelt graduate magna cum laude from college?

(see the answer key)

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