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

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

3. In what year did Theodore Roosevelt graduate magna cum laude from college?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1888.

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

5. 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) Abraham Lincoln’s.
(d) James Garfield’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what address did the Roosevelt family live when Theodore Roosevelt was born?

2. When Theodore Roosevelt first arrived in Albany as an assemblyman, he was compared by his fellow assemblyman to what contemporary writer of the time?

3. Who was elected as Speaker in the New York Assembly in 1881 and 1882?

4. Who did Theodore Roosevelt become friends with during his early career as an assemblyman, who became Roosevelt’s first ally?

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”?

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