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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. Thomas Collier Platt served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives during what years?
(a) 1869-1873.
(b) 1876-1881.
(c) 1845-1851.
(d) 1873-1877.

2. During what years did William McKinley serve as President of the United States?
(a) 1897-1901.
(b) 1888-1892.
(c) 1867-1873.
(d) 1901-1903.

3. Theodore Roosevelt first used the phrase “speak softly and carry a big stick” when giving a speech where?
(a) The Minnesota State Fair.
(b) The Chicago State Fair.
(c) The New York State Fair.
(d) The Texas State Fair.

4. What admiral of the United States Navy was best known for his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War?
(a) George Edmunds.
(b) Thomas Hart Benton.
(c) George Dewey.
(d) Seth Bullock.

5. When did the Navy’s battleship explode in Havana Harbor during Roosevelt’s post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy?
(a) February 15, 1898.
(b) December 2, 1886.
(c) February 12, 1884.
(d) August 14, 1894.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Theodore Roosevelt marry Edith Carow?

2. In attempting to handle his alcoholic brother, Theodore Roosevelt brought his brother back from France and dropped a suit of insanity on the condition that his brother agreed to do what?

3. What was the name of the woman who blackmailed the Roosevelt family for money, claiming she was pregnant with Theodore’s brother’s child?

4. When Theodore Roosevelt’s nomination for Republican candidate for New York Governor passed, who sent him a letter of congratulations, according to the author in Chapter 26, “The Most Famous Man in America”?

5. Who was Theodore Roosevelt’s Vice Presidential candidate in the 1904 Presidential election?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. From what literary author does the title of Chapter 18, “The Universe Spinner” relate?

4. How is the New York Police Commission described prior to Roosevelt’s appointment in Chapter 19, “The Biggest Man in New York”?

5. 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”?

6. How does the author describe the men of the Rough Riders in Chapter 24, “The Rough Rider”?

7. Who won the Presidential election in 1896? How was Theodore Roosevelt affected, according to the author in Chapter 21, “The Glorious Retreat”?

8. How would you characterize the ideals and policies of Theodore Roosevelt, based on your reading of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt?

9. How are “Civil Service” and the “spoils system” defined? How did they concern Theodore Roosevelt in Chapter 16, “The Silver-Plated Reform Commissioner”?

10. What major battle did Theodore Roosevelt participate in during the Spanish-American War? When did he return home in Chapter 25, “The Wolf Rising in the Heart”?

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