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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. 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) George Edmunds.
(b) James G. Blaine.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) Titus Sheard.

2. 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 fourth term.
(c) His third term.
(d) His second term.

3. In how many of his seven subjects did Theodore Roosevelt earn honors at the completion of his freshman year in college?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?

2. Where did Theodore Roosevelt live while he studied in college?

3. In 1883-1884, the topic of the New York Elevated railroad arose and Roosevelt supported a measure to lower the fare from 10 cents to how much?

4. Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee on his birthday. How old did he turn on that day?

5. What name did Theodore Roosevelt plan to give to the estate that he built on Long Island for Alice Lee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom did Theodore Roosevelt hire as a local guide in the Dakota Territory on his first trip there, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”? Where did he stay?

2. How did Theodore Roosevelt’s first trip to the Dakotas begin, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”? How is this setting described?

3. What led Theodore Roosevelt to return to New York from the Dakotas in Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”?

4. Who did Theodore Roosevelt support in the 1884 Presidential election? Who won the nomination?

5. How was Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement in politics in the Dakotas described in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?

6. What legislation was Roosevelt involved in during the 1883 session of the New York State Assembly?

7. How is Theodore Roosevelt’s term as assemblyman described in 1883 in Chapter 7, “The Fighting Cock”?

8. When and where was Theodore Roosevelt born? How is his infancy described in Chapter 1, “The Very Small Person”?

9. Who took custody of Theodore Roosevelt’s infant daughter after the death of his wife Alice Lee Roosevelt? Where did his daughter live?

10. What book did Theodore Roosevelt travel west to work on in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?

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