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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. Where did Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt settle in New York after their brief stay at the Roosevelts’ estate on Long Island after their marriage?

2. What physical ailment frequently caused problems for Theodore Roosevelt during his childhood?

3. In the winter when Theodore Roosevelt was wooing Alice Lee, he took a vacation to what location in Maine, according to the author in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?

4. What is the highest mountain in Maine that Theodore Roosevelt set out to climb in his junior year of college?

5. What name refers to Republican political activists that bolted from the U.S. Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the Presidential Election of 1884?

Short Essay Questions

1. What change did Roosevelt make to his studies in his junior year, and why?

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

3. Why did Theodore Roosevelt travel to the Dakotas, according to the author in Chapter 11, “The Cowboy of the Present”? What did he do there in this trip?

4. How did Theodore Roosevelt learn of the deaths of his mother and wife, according to the author in Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman”?

5. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s impressions of Albany after arriving as an assemblyman in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?

6. What position did Theodore Roosevelt serve as assemblyman after the position of Speaker was finally decided in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?

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

9. Where did Theodore and Alice Lee Roosevelt live after their wedding? Where did Roosevelt continue his studies?

10. Where did Theodore Roosevelt travel to marry Edith Carow? Whom did he meet on this trip, according to the author in Chapter 14, “The Next Mayor of New York”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Theodore Roosevelt as an author. How many biographies did Roosevelt pen? How many scientific/nature books were written by him? What were major themes in his works? How did critics respond to the works of Theodore Roosevelt?

Essay Topic 2

Characteristics of Theodore Roosevelt

a. Describe Theodore Roosevelt’s physical impression on those around him as an individual and as a political figure. How was Roosevelt depicted in the political cartoons of his day?

b. Discuss Theodore Roosevelt’s personality and emotional traits. How did he come across on first impressions to those around him? How did these characteristics lead him to success as a politician?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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