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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would Franklin Roosevelt go for his health?
(a) Warm Springs.
(b) Ballston Spa.
(c) The Maine Coast.
(d) Yellowstone.

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

3. What did Eleanor Roosevelt prefer to chauffeured limousines?
(a) A Plymouth convertible.
(b) A Ford roadster.
(c) A Dodge coupe.
(d) Walking.

4. Which improvement were women NOT trying to make when Eleanor Roosevelt was working with the Women's Democratic News?
(a) Giving women the vote.
(b) Ending child labor.
(c) Giving women the right to organize in labor unions
(d) Limiting hours of the work week.

5. What effect did her husband's paralysis have on Eleanor's feelings for him?
(a) She finally began to admire his character.
(b) She fell in love with him again.
(c) She began to resent him.
(d) She ceased to resent him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eleanor Roosevelt work with a private coach to improve?

2. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's response when she found Lucy Mercer's love letters to Franklin?

3. How did Franklin Roosevelt come to national prominence after 1929?

4. What responsibility did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt say the government bore?

5. What does Freedman say Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt saw in Europe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Eleanor Roosevelt's role change in Franklin's second term as President?

2. What does the term 'liberal' mean when applied to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?

3. How does Freedman characterize Eleanor Roosevelt's response to European hostilities?

4. How does Freedman describe the White House as it was occupied by Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?

5. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's trip to Europe to visit the troops?

6. Describe Eleanor's experience teaching at the Todhunter school.

7. What was the outcome of the affair with Lucy Mercer?

8. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's career through Franklin's first term as President?

9. What did Eleanor Roosevelt do to help women, as First Lady?

10. In what way did Franklin's polio contribute to Eleanor's political activism?

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