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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. Who did Theodore Roosevelt hire as a local guide on his first trip to the Dakota Territory?
(a) John Long.
(b) Joe Ferris.
(c) Isaac Hunt.
(d) Charles Patterson.

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?

2. Where did Roosevelt retreat after bribes were placed to block the impeachment of a Superior Court Judge that Roosevelt investigated, according to the author in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?

3. 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?

4. On October 28, 1881, Theodore Roosevelt gained a nomination for state senate at what age?

5. Theodore Roosevelt’s first trip to the Dakota Territory began at what rough establishment described as a room full of cots in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?

(see the answer key)

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