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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: A President's Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freedman characterize the relationship between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) They were passionate lovers.
(b) They were formal to the point of being cold.
(c) They talked a lot.
(d) They were young and confused.

2. How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's social demeanor at age 18?
(a) Awkward and shy.
(b) Pleasant and gracious.
(c) Aggressive and political.
(d) Humble and religious.

3. What advice did Louis Howe give Eleanor Roosevelt after Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis?
(a) To keep Franklin Roosevelt's name before the public.
(b) To keep medical information from her husband.
(c) To get her husband to retire.
(d) To get Franklin Roosevelt to write a book about his paralysis.

4. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's lifestyle like, according to Freedman?
(a) Niggardly.
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Penurious.
(d) Thrifty.

5. Why did Franklin propose to Eleanor, according to Freedman?
(a) He wanted her to manage his affairs.
(b) He was smitten with her.
(c) He thought she would make a good mother.
(d) He wanted her to bring out the best in him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt when Franklin proposed?

2. Where did Eleanor take a political leadership position?

3. Who was Molly Dewson?

4. What does Freedman say were Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about her father?

5. What was Franklin Roosevelt's reaction to his paralysis?

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