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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, “The Lieutenant Colonel”.
Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1892.
2. When Theodore Roosevelt first arrived in Albany as an assemblyman, he was compared by his fellow assemblyman to what contemporary writer of the time?
(a) Rudyard Kipling.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Mark Twain.
3. What was the name of the second nature book that Theodore Roosevelt published while he was still enrolled in college?
(a) Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay.
(b) Hunting Tips of a Ranchman.
(c) A Biography of Gouveneur Morris.
(d) The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks.
4. In the winter when Theodore Roosevelt was wooing Alice Lee, he took a vacation to what location in Maine, according to the author in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?
(a) Lost Island, Maine.
(b) Beaverton, Maine.
(c) Island Falls, Maine.
(d) Portland, Maine.
5. The author states in Chapter 21, “The Glorious Retreat” that Theodore Roosevelt entertained Mrs. Bellamy Storer on the matter of attaining an appointment in what position?
(a) Assistant Secretary of the Army.
(b) Assistant Secretary of the Marines.
(c) Secretary of the Navy.
(d) Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Short Answer Questions
1. What trademark greeting is Theodore Roosevelt described as having used when shaking the hands of his visitors at the White House in the book’s Prologue?
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. When Theodore Roosevelt first visited the Dakota Territory, what location was used as his base of operations, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?
4. 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?
5. At the trial described in Chapter 20, “The Snake in the Grass,” Theodore Roosevelt publicly came out in support of who for the Presidential election?
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