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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's personality as a child?
(a) Quick-witted.
(b) Timid.
(c) Brave.
(d) Outspoken.

3. What did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt do at the Harvard-Yale game?
(a) Slipped away from their chaperone.
(b) Eloped.
(c) Kissed for the first time.
(d) Got drunk together.

4. What is NOT an innovation Freedman credits Eleanor Roosevelt with?
(a) Opening the White House doors to reporters.
(b) Negotiating treaties herself.
(c) Traveling the world.
(d) Driving her own car.

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

6. What was the Consumer's League focused on?
(a) Literacy.
(b) Women's working conditions.
(c) Debt relief.
(d) Hunger relief.

7. How does Freedman characterize Franklin Roosevelt's attitude toward the children?
(a) He played with them and spoiled them.
(b) He took them with him to the legislature.
(c) He disciplined them strictly.
(d) He hardy noticed them.

8. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt did to the position of First Lady?
(a) Debased the office.
(b) Took it to new heights.
(c) Turned it into a more diplomatic position.
(d) Won more power for it.

9. Where would Franklin invite Eleanor to visit on weekends?
(a) Campobello Island.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Yale.
(d) New Brunswick.

10. What was Sara Roosevelt's response to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's engagement?
(a) She urged patience.
(b) She objected.
(c) She made everyone uncomfortable with her doubts.
(d) She was delighted for them.

11. When was Eleanor Roosevelt born?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1895.

12. What modest claim does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt made about her work as First Lady?
(a) She couldn't have done her work without a talented staff of assistants.
(b) She owed everything to her faith in God.
(c) Even an untalented person like her could change the world.
(d) She learned everything she knew from Franklin.

13. What did Eleanor think about Franklin?
(a) She was afraid of him.
(b) She didn't think he was interested in her.
(c) She had a soft spot for him, but no real affection.
(d) She doubted his seriousness as a person.

14. How did Sara Roosevelt's feelings change by the time Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married?
(a) She started to have doubts about Franklin as a husband.
(b) She was less and less interested in the wedding.
(c) She was terrified that Eleanor was taking Franklin away.
(d) She came to adore Eleanor.

15. How did Eleanor Roosevelt say Mlle. Souvestre affected her?
(a) She opened her mind.
(b) She schooled her in religion.
(c) She taught her to go without things.
(d) She strengthened her resolve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt about her prospects as a wife?

2. What made Eleanor Roosevelt's uncle dangerous?

3. What did Elliot Roosevelt die of?

4. What kind of gathering was Eleanor Roosevelt a frequent attendant at after her return to the U.S.?

5. When did Eleanor start to see Franklin regularly?

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