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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Freedman describe Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's looks?
2. What does Freedman say the Secret Service gave Eleanor Roosevelt?
3. Who was Lucy Mercer?
4. What does Freedman say Eleanor felt when Franklin proposed?
5. How did Eleanor Roosevelt react to her father's death, in Freedman's account?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the early years of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage.
2. Describe the difficulties Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt had scheduling a wedding.
3. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt asserted her independence as First Lady?
4. How does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt reacted to her father's death?
5. What was the effect of Eleanor Roosevelt's mother's beauty?
6. What sadness waited for Eleanor Roosevelt when she returned to the U.S. from London?
7. What does Freedman say Eleanor Roosevelt felt when her husband was running for President?
8. How did Eleanor Roosevelt change the position of First Lady?
9. What was Mlle. Souvestre's role in Eleanor Roosevelt's life?
10. Describe Eleanor Roosevelt's entrance into charity work.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What were the most important influences on Eleanor Roosevelt's life and development, and how did people or events shape her? How did she exert influences on other people in turn?
Essay Topic 2
What was the effect of Eleanor Roosevelt's looks on her life story and personality? Were her plain looks an advantage or a disadvantage? How did she approach her looks differently as she developed as a person?
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate your own reading of 'Eleanor Roosevelt'--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
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