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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 Washington Post writer called Roosevelt a hypocrite for finding work for Shidy after the ordeal in Wisconsin, according to the author in Chapter 16, “The Silver-Plated Reform Commissioner”?
(a) Frank Hatton.
(b) Seth Bullock.
(c) George Edmunds.
(d) George Paul.

2. 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”?
(a) The White Horse Tavern.
(b) The Jackson Cliff Tavern.
(c) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(d) The Myriam Hotel.

3. Who was the major mob boss who was among the first arrested for violating the Sunday Liquor Law under Roosevelt’s service as New York Police Commissioner?
(a) Gandolfini.
(b) Caravano.
(c) Smithson.
(d) Callahan.

4. Who was the Presidential nominee that was chosen at the 1884 Republican Convention?
(a) Titus Sheard.
(b) James G. Blaine.
(c) Grover Cleveland.
(d) George Edmunds.

5. Who beat Theodore Roosevelt for the position of Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1884?
(a) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) James G. Blaine.
(d) Titus Sheard.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Prologue of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt opens with a detailed description of President Roosevelt greeting guests on New Year’s Day of what year?

2. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?

3. How many other men also served as New York City Police Commissioners at the same time as Theodore Roosevelt?

4. On what date did Theodore Roosevelt marry Edith Carow?

5. 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”?

(see the answer key)

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