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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When was Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt born?
(a) October 27, 1858.
(b) October 28, 1881.
(c) February 12, 1884.
(d) January 14, 1883.

5. Who did Theodore Roosevelt visit in Boston after buying Elk Horn ranch in the Dakotas, according to the author in Chapter 11, “The Cowboy of the Present”?
(a) James G. Blaine.
(b) Titus Sheard.
(c) George Edmunds.
(d) Henry Cabot Lodge.

6. 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) James G. Blaine.
(d) George Edmunds.

7. Where did Theodore Roosevelt live while he studied in college?
(a) Mrs. Peters’ Boarding House.
(b) Mrs. Richardson's Boarding House.
(c) Mrs. Rothwild’s Boarding House.
(d) Mrs. Anderson’s Boarding House.

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

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

10. 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) 1914.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1911.

11. By what nickname was Theodore Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt, known?
(a) “Missy.”
(b) “Mittie.”
(c) “Bamie.”
(d) “Ellie.”

12. 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 third term.
(d) His second term.

13. 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 Pinkler family.
(b) The Butler family.
(c) The Minkwitz family.
(d) The Horowitz family.

14. 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) James G. Blaine.
(b) Titus Sheard.
(c) George Edmunds.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

15. In the winter when Theodore Roosevelt was wooing Alice Lee, he took a vacation to what location in Maine, according to the author in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?
(a) Island Falls, Maine.
(b) Lost Island, Maine.
(c) Portland, Maine.
(d) Beaverton, Maine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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”?

4. The author describes an incident in Liverpool when Theodore Roosevelt was turned down by a vendor when he went to purchase what substance in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?

5. When was the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act established?

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