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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. Roosevelt and his men in the Rough Riders departed Tampa for Cuba on what date?
(a) October 27, 1858.
(b) August 14, 1894.
(c) February 15, 1898.
(d) June 13, 1898.

2. What did Theodore Roosevelt’s mother die of on the same day that his wife died?
(a) Bright’s disease.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) A brain aneurysm.

3. What author is mentioned in the Prologue as having remarked negatively about President Theodore Roosevelt’s methodologies and called him “insane”?
(a) Edith Wharton.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Mark Twain.

4. Who, along with William Tiffany, donated to the Rough Riders two Colt Machine Guns that cost $7,500 each?
(a) Woodbury Kane.
(b) Seth Bullock.
(c) Frank Hatton.
(d) Gouveneur Morris.

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) Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay.
(c) Hunting Tips of a Ranchman.
(d) The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. The U.S. Army Colonel who helped Theodore Roosevelt form the Rough Riders formerly held what position?

2. The Chicago World's Fair was a World's Fair held in 1893 to celebrate what?

3. What book did Theodore Roosevelt publish in 1885 about his experiences in the Dakotas?

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

5. What was the name of William McKinley’s campaign manager that Theodore Roosevelt spoke with in the hopes of obtaining a position, according to the author in Chapter 21, “The Glorious Retreat”?

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