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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, “The Biggest Man in New York”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What future Secretary of State did Theodore Roosevelt meet in September of 1870, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?
(a) Joe Ferris.
(b) Isaac Hunt.
(c) John Hay.
(d) Titus Sheard.

2. Who became the primary caretaker of Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice following the death of his first wife?
(a) Bamie Roosevelt.
(b) Mittie Roosevelt.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) Sarah Roosevelt.

3. How much money did the woman demand who claimed she was illegitimately pregnant with Theodore Roosevelt’s brother?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $20,000.

4. What term refers to the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent?
(a) Manifest Destiny.
(b) Indian Removal.
(c) Personal Utopia.
(d) Individual Right.

5. On what date did Anna Hall Roosevelt die?
(a) February 12, 1884.
(b) December 7, 1892.
(c) December 2, 1886.
(d) September 13, 1887.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Theodore Roosevelt’s mother die of on the same day that his wife died?

2. Who did Theodore Roosevelt campaign for in the 1888 Presidential election?

3. What author befriended Theodore Roosevelt and later wrote of him that he seemed to have the energy to keep the universe spinning, according to the author in Chapter 18, “The Universe Spinner”?

4. What was the name of the second nature book that Theodore Roosevelt published while he was still enrolled in college?

5. How long after the death of his wife and mother did Theodore Roosevelt return to Albany?

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