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

2. Where did Theodore Roosevelt live while he studied in college?
(a) Mrs. Peters’ Boarding House.
(b) Mrs. Anderson’s Boarding House.
(c) Mrs. Rothwild’s Boarding House.
(d) Mrs. Richardson's Boarding House.

3. By what nickname was Theodore Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt, known?
(a) “Missy.”
(b) “Bamie.”
(c) “Ellie.”
(d) “Mittie.”

4. Who was elected as Speaker in the New York Assembly in 1881 and 1882?
(a) George Edmunds.
(b) Charles Patterson.
(c) Isaac Hunt.
(d) Benjamin Harrison.

5. Where did Roosevelt retreat after bribes were placed to block the impeachment of a Superior Court Judge that Roosevelt investigated, according to the author in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?
(a) Oyster Bay, New York.
(b) Coney Island, New York.
(c) Brighton Beach, New York.
(d) Richfield Springs, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Theodore Roosevelt enroll to study law after his first marriage?

2. 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?

3. 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”?

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

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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