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

2. Theodore Roosevelt began his trip to the Dakota Territory at a rough hotel along the banks of what river, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?
(a) The Klamath River.
(b) The Little Missouri River.
(c) The Colorado River.
(d) The Arkansas River.

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

4. Where did Roosevelt retreat after bribes were placed to block the impeachment of a Superior Court Judge that Roosevelt investigated, according to the author in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?
(a) Coney Island, New York.
(b) Brighton Beach, New York.
(c) Richfield Springs, New York.
(d) Oyster Bay, New York.

5. Before departing the Dakota Territory from his first visit, Theodore Roosevelt purchased what property to use as a cattle ranch?
(a) The Lost Water.
(b) The Elk Horn.
(c) The Maltese Cross.
(d) The Indigo Pass.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. When Theodore Roosevelt first visited the Dakota Territory, what location was used as his base of operations, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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