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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 the second nature book that Theodore Roosevelt published while he was still enrolled in college?
(a) The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks.
(b) A Biography of Gouveneur Morris.
(c) Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay.
(d) Hunting Tips of a Ranchman.

2. In what year did Theodore Roosevelt graduate magna cum laude from college?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1890.

3. When Theodore Roosevelt first visited the Dakota Territory, what location was used as his base of operations, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?
(a) Lang’s cabin.
(b) The Clemson Tavern.
(c) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(d) Isaac Hunt’s home.

4. What name did Theodore Roosevelt plan to give to the estate that he built on Long Island for Alice Lee?
(a) Great Land.
(b) Leeholm.
(c) Stratford.
(d) White Cliff.

5. 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?
(a) “Wunderkind Assemblyman.”
(b) “Cyclone Assemblyman.”
(c) “Ivy League Assemblyman.”
(d) “Whippersnapper Assemblyman.”

Short Answer Questions

1. At what address did the Roosevelt family live when Theodore Roosevelt was born?

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

3. Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee on his birthday. How old did he turn on that day?

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

5. From whose brother did Theodore Roosevelt purchase the lands in the Dakota Territory that he planned to use as a cattle ranch?

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