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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 did Theodore Roosevelt live while he studied in college?
(a) Mrs. Anderson’s Boarding House.
(b) Mrs. Richardson's Boarding House.
(c) Mrs. Rothwild’s Boarding House.
(d) Mrs. Peters’ Boarding House.

2. Who was elected as Speaker in the New York Assembly in 1881 and 1882?
(a) Isaac Hunt.
(b) Benjamin Harrison.
(c) Charles Patterson.
(d) George Edmunds.

3. 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) Grover Cleveland.
(c) James Garfield.
(d) Rutherford B. Hayes.

4. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother?
(a) Mary Elizabeth Roosevelt.
(b) Sarah Eleanor Roosevelt.
(c) Maria Bertrand Roosevelt.
(d) Martha Bulloch Roosevelt.

5. In what year did Theodore Roosevelt graduate magna cum laude from college?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1890.

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. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?

3. What is the highest mountain in Maine that Theodore Roosevelt set out to climb in his junior year of college?

4. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?

5. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?

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