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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. 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) Lost Island, Maine.
(b) Island Falls, Maine.
(c) Beaverton, Maine.
(d) Portland, Maine.

2. At what address did the Roosevelt family live when Theodore Roosevelt was born?
(a) 6 West 57th Street.
(b) 45 West 12th Street.
(c) 12 East 30th Street.
(d) 28 East 20th Street.

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) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

4. 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?
(a) “Good to meet you!”
(b) “Ciao!”
(c) “Hello!”’
(d) “Delighted!”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the horse that Theodore Roosevelt had sent to Cambridge in order to pursue his courtship of Alice Lee?

2. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?

3. What physical ailment frequently caused problems for Theodore Roosevelt during his childhood?

4. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?

5. The author describes an incident in Liverpool when Theodore Roosevelt was turned down by a vendor when he went to purchase what substance in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?

(see the answer key)

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