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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. In his role as New York City Police Commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt enlisted the aid of reporters from what publication?
(a) The New York Globe.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New York Post.

2. Where was Maria Longworth Nichols Storer from?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Cincinnati, Ohio.
(c) Portland, Maine.
(d) New Brunswick, New Jersey.

3. 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) James G. Blaine.
(b) Antoine Amedee Marie.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) Titus Sheard.

4. How long after the death of his wife and mother did Theodore Roosevelt return to Albany?
(a) Two months later.
(b) One year later.
(c) Three months later.
(d) Less than a week later.

5. In Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman,” the author states that Theodore Roosevelt succeeded in pushing three pieces of legislations through, including a reform of what?
(a) New York City’s policemen.
(b) New York City’s transportation system.
(c) New York City's aldermen.
(d) New York City’s ports.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author is mentioned in the Prologue as having remarked negatively about President Theodore Roosevelt’s methodologies and called him “insane”?

2. When Theodore Roosevelt took up sporting with hounds in 1885, he injured himself where on his first trip out?

3. What term refers to the practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory?

4. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?

5. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother?

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