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

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”?
(a) Joe Ferris.
(b) Titus Sheard.
(c) John Hay.
(d) Isaac Hunt.

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

4. What was the name of Alice Lee’s father?
(a) George Michael Lee.
(b) James Williams Lee.
(c) George Cabot Lee.
(d) Abraham Lee.

5. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Brown University.
(d) Yale University.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt born?

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

3. What new hobby did Theodore Roosevelt undertake in 1870?

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

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

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