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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. 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) 1907.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1892.

2. What physical ailment frequently caused problems for Theodore Roosevelt during his childhood?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Autism.
(d) Crohn’s disease.

3. By what nickname was Theodore Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt, known?
(a) “Ellie.”
(b) “Bamie.”
(c) “Missy.”
(d) “Mittie.”

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”?
(a) Titus Sheard.
(b) Joe Ferris.
(c) John Hay.
(d) Isaac Hunt.

5. In the winter when Theodore Roosevelt was wooing Alice Lee, he took a vacation to what location in Maine, according to the author in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?
(a) Portland, Maine.
(b) Island Falls, Maine.
(c) Lost Island, Maine.
(d) Beaverton, Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote “The Saga of King Olaf”?

2. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior received an appointment as Collector of Customs to the Port of New York by what U.S. President?

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

4. What name did Theodore Roosevelt plan to give to the estate that he built on Long Island for Alice Lee?

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

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