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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 local tycoon and Frenchmen challenged Theodore Roosevelt’s newest land claim in the Dakotas, according to the author in Chapter 11, “The Cowboy of the Present”?
(a) Antoine Amedee Marie.
(b) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(c) James G. Blaine.
(d) Titus Sheard.

2. Before departing the Dakota Territory from his first visit, Theodore Roosevelt purchased what property to use as a cattle ranch?
(a) The Indigo Pass.
(b) The Elk Horn.
(c) The Lost Water.
(d) The Maltese Cross.

3. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?
(a) English.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Dutch.

4. Who did Theodore Roosevelt campaign for in the 1888 Presidential election?
(a) Benjamin Harrison.
(b) Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice.
(c) Thomas Hart Benton.
(d) James G. Blaine.

5. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior received an appointment as Collector of Customs to the Port of New York by what U.S. President?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(c) William McKinley.
(d) James Garfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. Theodore Roosevelt appeared in a minor role at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 on behalf of what organization?

2. Theodore Roosevelt built a ranch in the Dakota Territory named Elk Horn. This ranch was located 35 miles from what boomtown?

3. When Theodore Roosevelt first took his friends from Maine to his Elk Horn ranch in the Dakotas, he enjoyed much success as a hunter, even killing what?

4. In the Dakota Territory, Roosevelt enjoyed celebrity status for his capture of the cattle thieves who stole his boat. He was then asked to give a speech at a political celebration in what town on July 4, according to the author in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?

5. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s brother who suffered from alcoholism?

(see the answer key)

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