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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24, “The Rough Rider”.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

2. What Washington Post writer called Roosevelt a hypocrite for finding work for Shidy after the ordeal in Wisconsin, according to the author in Chapter 16, “The Silver-Plated Reform Commissioner”?
(a) George Paul.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) Seth Bullock.
(d) Frank Hatton.

3. Who did Theodore Roosevelt hire as a local guide on his first trip to the Dakota Territory?
(a) John Long.
(b) Isaac Hunt.
(c) Joe Ferris.
(d) Charles Patterson.

4. A severe U.S. winter in 1886-1887 wiped out most of Theodore Roosevelt’s herd of cattle and his investments of how much at Elk Horn ranch?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $60,000.
(c) $80,000.
(d) $50,000.

5. Who, along with William Tiffany, donated to the Rough Riders two Colt Machine Guns that cost $7,500 each?
(a) Gouveneur Morris.
(b) Seth Bullock.
(c) Woodbury Kane.
(d) Frank Hatton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cause of death of Alice Roosevelt following the death of her and Theodore’s daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt?

2. Who won the Presidential election in 1884?

3. Who was the major mob boss who was among the first arrested for violating the Sunday Liquor Law under Roosevelt’s service as New York Police Commissioner?

4. What was the first work that Theodore Roosevelt published following his first year at college?

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

(see the answer key)

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