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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Butler family.
(c) The Pinkler family.
(d) The Minkwitz family.

2. How old was future first lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the time of Ulysses Grant’s funeral?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 5 months.

3. Where did Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt settle in New York after their brief stay at the Roosevelts’ estate on Long Island after their marriage?
(a) Coney Island, New York.
(b) Richfield Springs, New York.
(c) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(d) 6 West 57th Street.

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

5. What was Grover Cleveland’s position when he served a summons to speak with Theodore Roosevelt in Albany in 1883?
(a) Senator of New York.
(b) President of the United States.
(c) Mayor of New York City.
(d) Governor of New York.

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

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

8. 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 fifth term.
(b) His second term.
(c) His fourth term.
(d) His third term.

9. While on his spring tour honeymoon of Europe with his wife Alice, Theodore Roosevelt learned of whose assassination?
(a) James Garfield’s.
(b) William McKinley’s.
(c) Abraham Lincoln’s.
(d) Winston Churchill’s.

10. What future Secretary of State did Theodore Roosevelt meet in September of 1870, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?
(a) John Hay.
(b) Titus Sheard.
(c) Joe Ferris.
(d) Isaac Hunt.

11. Who wrote “The Saga of King Olaf”?
(a) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Edith Wharton.
(d) Mark Twain.

12. In what year did Theodore Roosevelt graduate magna cum laude from college?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1887.

13. What was the name of the horse that Theodore Roosevelt had sent to Cambridge in order to pursue his courtship of Alice Lee?
(a) Black Beauty.
(b) Golden Rod.
(c) Blackie.
(d) Lightfoot.

14. Who won the Presidential election in 1884?
(a) Titus Sheard.
(b) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(c) George Edmunds.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

15. Who became the primary caretaker of Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice following the death of his first wife?
(a) Sarah Roosevelt.
(b) Bamie Roosevelt.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) Mittie Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

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

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

4. 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”?

5. 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”?

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