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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee on his birthday. How old did he turn on that day?
(a) 24.
(b) 26.
(c) 25.
(d) 22.
2. When Theodore Roosevelt first visited the Dakota Territory, what location was used as his base of operations, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?
(a) Lang’s cabin.
(b) The Clemson Tavern.
(c) Isaac Hunt’s home.
(d) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
3. On October 28, 1881, Theodore Roosevelt gained a nomination for state senate at what age?
(a) 26.
(b) 25.
(c) 29.
(d) 23.
4. Who won the election for the Mayor of New York in 1886?
(a) Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) Abram Hewitt.
5. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt born?
(a) October 21, 1841.
(b) February 12, 1840.
(c) October 27, 1858.
(d) October 28, 1881.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who did Theodore Roosevelt hire as a local guide on his first trip to the Dakota Territory?
2. 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”?
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. While on his spring tour honeymoon of Europe with his wife Alice, Theodore Roosevelt learned of whose assassination?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who did Theodore Roosevelt support in the 1884 Presidential election? Who won the nomination?
2. How is Theodore Roosevelt’s term as assemblyman described in 1883 in Chapter 7, “The Fighting Cock”?
3. What book did Theodore Roosevelt travel west to work on in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?
4. Where did Theodore and Alice Lee Roosevelt live after their wedding? Where did Roosevelt continue his studies?
5. When and where was Theodore Roosevelt born? How is his infancy described in Chapter 1, “The Very Small Person”?
6. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s courtship with Alice Lee in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?
7. What scenario does the author present surrounding Theodore Roosevelt in the Prologue of the biography? What setting is described?
8. What were Theodore Roosevelt’s principle objectives as assemblyman during his third term, according to the author in Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman”?
9. How was Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement in politics in the Dakotas described in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?
10. What led Theodore Roosevelt to return to New York from the Dakotas in Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”?
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