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

2. On what date did Theodore Roosevelt marry Edith Carow?
(a) December 2, 1886.
(b) October 28, 1881.
(c) February 12, 1884.
(d) October 27, 1858.

3. Theodore Roosevelt became president of the board of New York City Police Commissioners in what year?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1893.

4. What name refers to Republican political activists that bolted from the U.S. Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the Presidential Election of 1884?
(a) Turncoats.
(b) Mugwumps.
(c) Carpetbaggers.
(d) Whigs.

5. What hunter-conservationist organization did Theodore Roosevelt found in 1887?
(a) The Audubon Society.
(b) The Boone and Crockett Club.
(c) The National Commission for Ecology.
(d) The Western Frontier Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. How old was Theodore Roosevelt’s brother when he died?

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

4. What term refers to the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent?

5. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?

(see the answer key)

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