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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three: Mademoiselle Souvestre.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Eleanor Roosevelt's classmates at Allenswood?
(a) Wealthy girls.
(b) Diplomats' daughters.
(c) Working girls.
(d) Her siblings.

2. What was Eleanor Roosevelt doing before her husband ran for President?
(a) Banking.
(b) Painting.
(c) Parenting.
(d) Activism.

3. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt felt as a result of her mother's attention to looks?
(a) Self-loathing.
(b) Inferiority.
(c) Queenly decorum.
(d) Placid confidence.

4. To what does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt devoted her time after her husband died?
(a) The International Monetary Fund.
(b) Drought relief in Africa.
(c) The United Nations.
(d) The World Bank.

5. What does Freedman say were Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about her father?
(a) Adoration.
(b) She did not know him.
(c) Resistance.
(d) Hostility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What misfortune struck Eleanor Roosevelt at age ten?

2. What difficulties does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady through?

3. What was the Junior League's purpose?

4. Where was Allenswood?

5. How did Eleanor Roosevelt react to her father's death, in Freedman's account?

(see the answer key)

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