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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 author is cited in the Prologue as having been a fan of Theodore Roosevelt’s and who called him “delightful”?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Edith Wharton.
(c) Rudyard Kipling.
(d) Mark Twain.

2. When was Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt born?
(a) October 27, 1858.
(b) February 12, 1884.
(c) January 14, 1883.
(d) October 28, 1881.

3. Following the death of his wife and mother, Theodore Roosevelt sold his house and his mother’s and moved his daughter and her caretaker to a smaller place located where in New York City?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Park Avenue.
(c) 123rd Street.
(d) Madison Avenue.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new hobby did Theodore Roosevelt undertake in 1870?

2. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?

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

4. Who did Theodore Roosevelt become friends with during his early career as an assemblyman, who became Roosevelt’s first ally?

5. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?

(see the answer key)

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