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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 new hobby did Theodore Roosevelt undertake in 1870?
(a) Golfing.
(b) Photography.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Taxidermy.

2. In the winter when Theodore Roosevelt was wooing Alice Lee, he took a vacation to what location in Maine, according to the author in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?
(a) Island Falls, Maine.
(b) Portland, Maine.
(c) Beaverton, Maine.
(d) Lost Island, Maine.

3. 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) John Hay.
(b) Joe Ferris.
(c) Titus Sheard.
(d) Isaac Hunt.

4. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s wife when he held the office of United States President?
(a) Susan Elizabeth Roosevelt.
(b) Edith Carow Roosevelt.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Alice Lee Roosevelt.

5. Where did Theodore Roosevelt enroll to study law after his first marriage?
(a) Princeton School of Law.
(b) Columbia School of Law.
(c) Yale School of Law.
(d) Harvard School of Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author is mentioned in the Prologue as having remarked negatively about President Theodore Roosevelt’s methodologies and called him “insane”?

2. As a New York State Assemblyman, what nickname did Theodore Roosevelt gain for his habit of striking down the bills of others while drafting little legislation of his own?

3. What name did Theodore Roosevelt plan to give to the estate that he built on Long Island for Alice Lee?

4. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt born?

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

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