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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. What did Eleanor do after Franklin Roosevelt lost the 1920 election?

2. Who beat Franklin Roosevelt in 1920?

3. Who does Freedman say the Roosevelts would invite to the White House?

4. What did Franklin Roosevelt do after losing the 1920 election?

5. What does Freedman say people expected Eleanor Roosevelt to do as First Lady?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's illness and paralysis.

2. Describe the crisis surrounding Lucy Mercer.

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

4. Describe the Roosevelts' experience in Europe after the Great War.

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

6. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's progress from paralyzed New York politician to candidate for President.

7. Describe Eleanor's relationship with the black community.

8. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's death.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has Eleanor Roosevelt changed what it means to be First Lady? How have First Ladies since Eleanor Roosevelt built upon her legacy?

Essay Topic 2

What was the role of Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis in Eleanor Roosevelt's life? Would she have been the Eleanor Roosevelt we know now if her husband had been able-bodied?

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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