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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. One of the items for approval of Theodore Roosevelt as Governor of New York was a measure to return money to the neediest workers in the state by taxing rising industries. What was this bill called?
(a) The Jackson bill.
(b) The Tanking bill.
(c) The Ford bill.
(d) The Anderson bill.

2. Theodore Roosevelt was returning from a climb to the summit of what mountain when a park ranger brought him a telegram informing him of the President’s deteriorating condition, according to the author in the Epilogue?
(a) Mount Jackson.
(b) Mount Marcy.
(c) Mount McKinley.
(d) Mount Everest.

3. For how many years did Theodore Roosevelt hold the position of New York City Police Commissioner?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

4. What Washington Post writer called Roosevelt a hypocrite for finding work for Shidy after the ordeal in Wisconsin, according to the author in Chapter 16, “The Silver-Plated Reform Commissioner”?
(a) Seth Bullock.
(b) Frank Hatton.
(c) George Paul.
(d) George Edmunds.

5. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt III born?
(a) December 2, 1886.
(b) February 12, 1884.
(c) October 28, 1881.
(d) September 13, 1887.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roosevelt and his men in the Rough Riders departed Tampa for Cuba on what date?

2. Maria Longworth Nichols Storer was the founder of what American ceramics company?

3. Theodore Roosevelt was appointed to the post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy in what year?

4. Who was the Mayor of New York City from 1895 to 1897?

5. The Chicago World's Fair was a World's Fair held in 1893 to celebrate what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once he’d accepted the nomination for Vice President, how did Theodore Roosevelt go about campaigning in the 1900 election in Chapter 28, “The Man of Destiny”?

2. What scene does the author describe in the opening of Chapter 18, “The Universe Spinner”? What appearance did Theodore Roosevelt make in this setting?

3. Where did Theodore Roosevelt move once he received his appointment of Assistant Secretary of the Navy in Chapter 22, “The Hot Weather Secretary”? How did the Naval Secretary feel about the appointment?

4. Where did Theodore and Edith Roosevelt spend the summer after their marriage, according to the author in Chapter 15, “The Literary Feller”?

5. Whose help did Theodore Roosevelt solicit to help him attain the position of Assistant Secretary of the Navy in Chapter 21, “The Glorious Retreat”?

6. Who opposed Theodore Roosevelt’s nomination for Governor of New York, according to the author in Chapter 26, “The Most Famous Man in America”? Why?

7. As Assistant Secretary to the Navy, how did Theodore Roosevelt respond to the threat of war with Spain in Chapter 22, “The Hot Weather Secretary”?

8. What problems arose concerning Elliott Roosevelt in Chapter 17, “The Dear Old Beloved Brother”?

9. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s time in Florida in Chapter 24, “The Rough Rider”? When did Theodore Roosevelt deploy for Cuba?

10. How did Theodore Roosevelt go about helping his brother Elliott in Chapter 17, “The Dear Old Beloved Brother”?

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