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

2. What author is mentioned in the Prologue as having remarked negatively about President Theodore Roosevelt’s methodologies and called him “insane”?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Edith Wharton.

3. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?
(a) English.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Dutch.

4. With what family did Theodore Roosevelt stay in Dresden when his family visited Europe, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?
(a) The Horowitz family.
(b) The Butler family.
(c) The Pinkler family.
(d) The Minkwitz family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What trademark greeting is Theodore Roosevelt described as having used when shaking the hands of his visitors at the White House in the book’s Prologue?

2. 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”?

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

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

5. Who wrote “The Saga of King Olaf”?

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