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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

3. What physical ailment frequently caused problems for Theodore Roosevelt during his childhood?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Autism.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Crohn’s disease.

4. When Theodore Roosevelt returned Albany to the Republican Convention of 1884, he led the independents for what candidate?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Titus Sheard.
(c) George Edmunds.
(d) James G. Blaine.

5. Who was elected as Speaker in the New York Assembly in 1881 and 1882?
(a) George Edmunds.
(b) Isaac Hunt.
(c) Charles Patterson.
(d) Benjamin Harrison.

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

7. At what time does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt as having concluded his hours of handshaking on New Year’s Day in the book’s Prologue?
(a) 4:00 p.m.
(b) 12:00 p.m.
(c) 2:00 p.m.
(d) 3:00 p.m.

8. With what family did Theodore Roosevelt stay in Dresden when his family visited Europe, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?
(a) The Horowitz family.
(b) The Pinkler family.
(c) The Minkwitz family.
(d) The Butler family.

9. When Theodore Roosevelt lost the election for New York City Mayor, he rejoiced that at least what friend of his had won a seat in Congress?
(a) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) Abram Hewitt.
(d) Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice.

10. What name refers to Republican political activists that bolted from the U.S. Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the Presidential Election of 1884?
(a) Mugwumps.
(b) Carpetbaggers.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Turncoats.

11. In the beginning of Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman,” the author describes Theodore Roosevelt returning to Albany to serve his what term as assemblyman?
(a) His fourth term.
(b) His fifth term.
(c) His second term.
(d) His third term.

12. In the Dakota Territory, Roosevelt enjoyed celebrity status for his capture of the cattle thieves who stole his boat. He was then asked to give a speech at a political celebration in what town on July 4, according to the author in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?
(a) Westport.
(b) Winley.
(c) Jamestown.
(d) Dickinson.

13. What author is cited in the Prologue as having been a fan of Theodore Roosevelt’s and who called him “delightful”?
(a) Rudyard Kipling.
(b) Edith Wharton.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

14. When Theodore Roosevelt first took his friends from Maine to his Elk Horn ranch in the Dakotas, he enjoyed much success as a hunter, even killing what?
(a) A grizzly bear.
(b) A mountain lion.
(c) A buffalo.
(d) An elk.

15. Theodore Roosevelt began his trip to the Dakota Territory at a rough hotel along the banks of what river, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?
(a) The Little Missouri River.
(b) The Klamath River.
(c) The Colorado River.
(d) The Arkansas River.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Theodore Roosevelt returned to Medora in August of 1885, he found who in jail for murder?

2. In how many of his seven subjects did Theodore Roosevelt earn honors at the completion of his freshman year in college?

3. 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?

4. From whose brother did Theodore Roosevelt purchase the lands in the Dakota Territory that he planned to use as a cattle ranch?

5. At what address did the Roosevelt family live when Theodore Roosevelt was born?

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