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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What refers to a levy on the unimproved value of land only?
2. What new hobby did Theodore Roosevelt undertake in 1870?
3. What was the name of the second nature book that Theodore Roosevelt published while he was still enrolled in college?
4. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?
5. Following the death of his wife and mother, Theodore Roosevelt sold his house and his mother’s and moved his daughter and her caretaker to a smaller place located where in New York City?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s impressions of Albany after arriving as an assemblyman in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?
2. What book did Theodore Roosevelt travel west to work on in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?
3. Who did Theodore Roosevelt make campaign speeches for when he returned East from the Dakotas in Chapter 11, “The Cowboy of the Present”?
4. When and where was Theodore Roosevelt born? How is his infancy described in Chapter 1, “The Very Small Person”?
5. How does the author describe the impressions that Theodore Roosevelt made on those around him in the Prologue of the biography?
6. What is revealed in the journal writings of Theodore Roosevelt in 1870, as seen in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”? What were his interests?
7. 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?
8. How was the wedding of Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee described in Chapter 5, “The Political Hack”? Where did they stay after the wedding?
9. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s parents in Chapter 1, “The Very Small Person”?
10. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s studies in his second year at Harvard? What job did his father take at this time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Theodore Roosevelt’s nomination and election to the New York State Assembly. How old was Roosevelt at this time? What were his principle platforms? How was he perceived by the public?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the candidates, platforms, and debates of the 1886 New York City Mayoral election. Whom did Theodore Roosevelt run against? What were his competitors like? What ultimately appeared to be Roosevelt’s downfall in the election?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Roosevelt’s studies at the newly founded Columbia School of Law, his attendance at meetings of the Twenty-first District Republican Association, Joe Murray, and Roosevelt’s entrance into the political world. Why did Joe Murray work to convince Roosevelt to enter the political world?
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