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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. 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) Lost Island, Maine.
(b) Portland, Maine.
(c) Island Falls, Maine.
(d) Beaverton, Maine.

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

3. 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.

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

5. In investigating corruption in the case of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad and the City of New York, Theodore Roosevelt’s findings demanded further investigation of what two individuals in 1881-1882?
(a) Charles Patterson and Judge Anderson.
(b) Judge Jasper and Attorney General Swift.
(c) Judge Williamson and Attorney General Smith.
(d) Judge Westbrook and Attorney General Ward.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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”?

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

4. 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?

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

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