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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. Who beat Theodore Roosevelt for the position of Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1884?
(a) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) Titus Sheard.
(d) James G. Blaine.

2. Theodore Roosevelt became president of the board of New York City Police Commissioners in what year?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1893.

3. 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) George Paul.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) Seth Bullock.
(d) Frank Hatton.

4. When Theodore Roosevelt first took his friends from Maine to his Elk Horn ranch in the Dakotas, he enjoyed much success as a hunter, even killing what?
(a) A buffalo.
(b) A grizzly bear.
(c) An elk.
(d) A mountain lion.

5. What admiral of the United States Navy was best known for his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War?
(a) George Dewey.
(b) Thomas Hart Benton.
(c) Seth Bullock.
(d) George Edmunds.

Short Answer Questions

1. While searching for the cattle thieves that he believed stole his boat, Theodore Roosevelt met and befriended what famous sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota?

2. As New York City Police Commissioner, one of Roosevelt's most effective means of rooting out corruption proved to be his own night patrols. The first night, he warned how many delinquent officers of repercussions, according to the author in “Chapter 19, “The Biggest Man in New York”?

3. On what date did Theodore Roosevelt resign from his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy?

4. The author states in Chapter 21, “The Glorious Retreat” that Theodore Roosevelt entertained Mrs. Bellamy Storer on the matter of attaining an appointment in what position?

5. Maria Longworth Nichols Storer was the founder of what American ceramics company?

(see the answer key)

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