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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28, “The Man of Destiny”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Theodore Roosevelt, as Assistant Secretary to the Navy, deliver an inciting speech speaking against Japan's presence in the Pacific?
(a) Southport, Florida.
(b) Sandusky, Ohio.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) Richmond, Virginia.

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

3. Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee on his birthday. How old did he turn on that day?
(a) 22.
(b) 26.
(c) 24.
(d) 25.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt sworn in as Vice President of the United States?

2. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?

3. On what date does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt breaking into the executive mansion in Albany rather than waking his family in Chapter 27, “The Boy Governor”?

4. Theodore Roosevelt began courting Edith Carow how long after the death of his first wife, according to the author in Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”?

5. The author estimates Theodore Roosevelt’s losses at Elk Horn ranch to be what percentage in Chapter 15, “The Literary Feller”?

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