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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. 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?
(a) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(b) Coney Island, New York.
(c) 6 West 57th Street.
(d) Richfield Springs, New York.

2. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother?
(a) Sarah Eleanor Roosevelt.
(b) Mary Elizabeth Roosevelt.
(c) Maria Bertrand Roosevelt.
(d) Martha Bulloch Roosevelt.

3. At what time does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt as having concluded his hours of handshaking on New Year’s Day in the book’s Prologue?
(a) 2:00 p.m.
(b) 3:00 p.m.
(c) 4:00 p.m.
(d) 12:00 p.m.

4. What was the name of the horse that Theodore Roosevelt had sent to Cambridge in order to pursue his courtship of Alice Lee?
(a) Black Beauty.
(b) Blackie.
(c) Lightfoot.
(d) Golden Rod.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who wrote “The Saga of King Olaf”?

3. With what family did Theodore Roosevelt stay in Dresden when his family visited Europe, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?

4. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?

5. While on his spring tour honeymoon of Europe with his wife Alice, Theodore Roosevelt learned of whose assassination?

(see the answer key)

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