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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Theodore Roosevelt become friends with during his early career as an assemblyman, who became Roosevelt’s first ally?
(a) George Edmunds.
(b) Isaac Hunt.
(c) Seth Bullock.
(d) Charles Patterson.

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

3. 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”?
(a) 20 months later.
(b) 4 years later.
(c) 6 months later.
(d) 2 months later.

4. From whose brother did Theodore Roosevelt purchase the lands in the Dakota Territory that he planned to use as a cattle ranch?
(a) Charles Patterson’s.
(b) Joe Ferris’s.
(c) Isaac Hunt’s.
(d) James Wilson’s.

5. 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) William McKinley.
(c) James Garfield.
(d) Rutherford B. Hayes.

6. 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) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Edith Wharton.

7. While at the 1884 Republican Convention, Theodore Roosevelt learned that who planned to veto several of his bills, according to the author in Chapter 10, “The Delegate-at-Large”?
(a) Titus Sheard.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) James G. Blaine.
(d) George Edmunds.

8. On October 28, 1881, Theodore Roosevelt gained a nomination for state senate at what age?
(a) 23.
(b) 26.
(c) 25.
(d) 29.

9. 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) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(b) 6 West 57th Street.
(c) Coney Island, New York.
(d) Richfield Springs, New York.

10. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?
(a) Coney Island, New York.
(b) Brighton Beach, New York.
(c) Oyster Bay, New York.
(d) Richfield Springs, New York.

11. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s mother?
(a) Martha Bulloch Roosevelt.
(b) Maria Bertrand Roosevelt.
(c) Sarah Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Mary Elizabeth Roosevelt.

12. 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?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1892.

13. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Dutch.

14. When Theodore Roosevelt took up sporting with hounds in 1885, he injured himself where on his first trip out?
(a) His hip.
(b) His shoulder.
(c) His neck.
(d) His knee.

15. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s wife when he held the office of United States President?
(a) Edith Carow Roosevelt.
(b) Susan Elizabeth Roosevelt.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Alice Lee Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What friends from Maine did Theodore Roosevelt hire to manage his new ranch Elk Horn in the Dakotas?

2. 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?

3. Theodore Roosevelt’s first trip to the Dakota Territory began at what rough establishment described as a room full of cots in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?

4. Who did Theodore Roosevelt meet aboard a ship bound for England in the winter of 1886, who later introduced Roosevelt to many English dignitaries?

5. When Theodore Roosevelt returned Albany to the Republican Convention of 1884, he led the independents for what candidate?

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