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

2. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?
(a) Coney Island, New York.
(b) Richfield Springs, New York.
(c) Oyster Bay, New York.
(d) Brighton Beach, New York.

3. In how many of his seven subjects did Theodore Roosevelt earn honors at the completion of his freshman year in college?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. 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) 1911.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1907.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the highest mountain in Maine that Theodore Roosevelt set out to climb in his junior year of college?

2. What author is cited in the Prologue as having been a fan of Theodore Roosevelt’s and who called him “delightful”?

3. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?

4. What author is mentioned in the Prologue as having remarked negatively about President Theodore Roosevelt’s methodologies and called him “insane”?

5. 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”?

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