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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What responsibility did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt say the government bore?
(a) To regulate business practices.
(b) To defend the weak.
(c) To encourage innovation.
(d) To spur innovation.

2. What did Marion Dickerman and Eleanor Roosevelt do together after Marion invited Eleanor to teach?
(a) Opened a new school.
(b) Bought the school.
(c) Developed new techniques for teaching poor people.
(d) Started teaching in the ghettoes.

3. How did Franklin Roosevelt show his regard for Marion Dickerman and Nancy Cook?
(a) He wrote editorials in support of their causes.
(b) He built a cottage for them at Hyde Park.
(c) He donated money to their campaigns.
(d) He paid for them to travel to Europe for political training.

4. How does Freedman characterize the bond between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) Strong and lasting.
(b) Fragile and inconstant.
(c) Distrustful and disappointing.
(d) Passionate and intimate.

5. How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the New Age her husband was inaugurating?
(a) She was the conscience.
(b) She was the intelligence.
(c) She was the legwork.
(d) She was the motivation.

6. When did Franklin Roosevelt take office in the White House?
(a) March 1933.
(b) April 1934.
(c) February 1932.
(d) March 1931.

7. What was it that paralyzed Franklin Roosevelt?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A swimming accident.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Polio.

8. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt did in the wake of his affair?
(a) Pleaded with her to allow him his dalliances.
(b) Disregarded Eleanor's feelings.
(c) Insisted on his rights as a man.
(d) Tried to please Eleanor.

9. How many men does Freedman say were killed in World War I?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 10 million.

10. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt would ask his wife to back away from?
(a) Politically untenable positions.
(b) Women's rights legislation.
(c) Equal rights legislation.
(d) The budget.

11. What does Freedman say Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt saw in Europe?
(a) Death and destruction.
(b) Resistance to industrialism.
(c) Socialism taking hold.
(d) Hope and rebuilding.

12. Who was Molly Dewson?
(a) Head of the League of Women's Voters.
(b) Head of the women's division of the DNC.
(c) Head of the effort to find work for women.
(d) Editor at Women's Democratic News.

13. What did Franklin Roosevelt die of?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Polio.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Massive hemorrhage.

14. Who was Earl Miller?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A state trooper.
(c) An activist.
(d) A political appointee.

15. How does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt's relationship with Eleanor changed in his second term?
(a) He relied on her more.
(b) He guarded information from her.
(c) He forced her to be more restrained.
(d) He gave her power to run more of his administration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eleanor Roosevelt co-direct with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia?

2. How does Freedman say the trip to see troops affected Eleanor Roosevelt?

3. How does Freedman describe the difference between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on civil rights?

4. What did Eleanor Roosevelt urge women to do in 'It's Up to the Women'?

5. Where would Franklin Roosevelt go for his health?

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