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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. 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?
2. How long after the death of his wife and mother did Theodore Roosevelt return to Albany?
3. When Theodore Roosevelt returned to Medora in August of 1885, he found who in jail for murder?
4. Where did Theodore and Alice Roosevelt retreat for the month of July as construction continued on Roosevelt’s mansion at Oyster Bay, according to the author in Chapter 7, “The Fighting Cock”?
5. While at the 1884 Republican Convention, Theodore Roosevelt learned that who planned to veto several of his bills, according to the author in Chapter 10, “The Delegate-at-Large”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What scenario does the author present surrounding Theodore Roosevelt in the Prologue of the biography? What setting is described?
2. Who did Theodore Roosevelt support in the 1884 Presidential election? Who won the nomination?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s courtship with Alice Lee in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?
6. 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?
7. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s parents in Chapter 1, “The Very Small Person”?
8. What position did Theodore Roosevelt serve as assemblyman after the position of Speaker was finally decided in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?
9. When and where was Theodore Roosevelt born? How is his infancy described in Chapter 1, “The Very Small Person”?
10. What led Theodore Roosevelt to campaign in the New York Mayoral elections, 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 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?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss Theodore Roosevelt’s courtship of Alice Lee. How did Roosevelt come to know the Lee family? What were his impressions of Alice when they first met? How did Roosevelt go about wooing Alice?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the economic, cultural, technological, and societal world of 1858. What was the national and international political atmosphere like at this time? What technological advances had influenced society? Who was U.S. President?
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