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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: Partners.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freedman characterize the time Eleanor Roosevelt spent at Allenswood?
(a) A time of luxury and being spoiled.
(b) Happiest years of her life.
(c) A time of trials and difficulties.
(d) The worst time of her life.

2. What kind of gathering was Eleanor Roosevelt a frequent attendant at after her return to the U.S.?
(a) Lynching.
(b) Political rally.
(c) Dinner party.
(d) Hunting party.

3. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change under Mlle. Souvestre's influence?
(a) She saw through the eyes of people who didn't have her comforts.
(b) She became more stubborn.
(c) She learned to hold her tongue.
(d) She lost her fears.

4. Who does Freedman say the Roosevelts would invite to the White House?
(a) Their children and grandchildren.
(b) Their childhood friends.
(c) Their political enemies.
(d) Their extended families.

5. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's response when she found Lucy Mercer's love letters to Franklin?
(a) Left.
(b) Offered him his freedom.
(c) Locked him out of the house.
(d) Told Sara to talk to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sarah Roosevelt's response when she heard about the crisis over Franklin Roosevelt's affair with Lucy Mercer?

2. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt would ask his wife to back away from?

3. How does Freedman say Eleanor tried to convey her observations to her husband?

4. What did Eleanor like about Louis Howe?

5. What was the Consumer's League focused on?

(see the answer key)

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