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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, “The Delegate-at-Large”.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Arkansas.

3. What did Theodore Roosevelt’s mother die of on the same day that his wife died?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Bright’s disease.
(c) A brain aneurysm.
(d) Lung cancer.

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

5. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?
(a) Oyster Bay, New York.
(b) Brighton Beach, New York.
(c) Coney Island, New York.
(d) Richfield Springs, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Grover Cleveland’s position when he served a summons to speak with Theodore Roosevelt in Albany in 1883?

2. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior received an appointment as Collector of Customs to the Port of New York by what U.S. President?

3. When Theodore Roosevelt first arrived in Albany as an assemblyman, he was compared by his fellow assemblyman to what contemporary writer of the time?

4. In 1883-1884, the topic of the New York Elevated railroad arose and Roosevelt supported a measure to lower the fare from 10 cents to how much?

5. While at the 1884 Republican Convention, Theodore Roosevelt learned that who planned to veto several of his bills, according to the author in Chapter 10, “The Delegate-at-Large”?

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