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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt born?
(a) October 21, 1841.
(b) October 28, 1881.
(c) October 27, 1858.
(d) February 12, 1840.

2. The Prologue of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt opens with a detailed description of President Roosevelt greeting guests on New Year’s Day of what year?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1911.

3. 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.

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

5. Who wrote “The Saga of King Olaf”?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Edith Wharton.
(d) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?

2. At what time does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt as having concluded his hours of handshaking on New Year’s Day in the book’s Prologue?

3. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?

4. What future Secretary of State did Theodore Roosevelt meet in September of 1870, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?

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

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