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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Edith Wharton.
(d) Mark Twain.

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

3. On October 28, 1881, Theodore Roosevelt gained a nomination for state senate at what age?
(a) 29.
(b) 23.
(c) 25.
(d) 26.

4. While on his spring tour honeymoon of Europe with his wife Alice, Theodore Roosevelt learned of whose assassination?
(a) Winston Churchill’s.
(b) William McKinley’s.
(c) James Garfield’s.
(d) Abraham Lincoln’s.

5. What is the highest mountain in Maine that Theodore Roosevelt set out to climb in his junior year of college?
(a) Mount Harrison.
(b) Mount Katahdin.
(c) Mount McKinley.
(d) Mount Ozark.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Where did Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt settle in New York after their brief stay at the Roosevelts’ estate on Long Island after their marriage?

5. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s wife when he held the office of United States President?

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