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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 responsibility did Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt say the government bore?

2. Why was Franklin Roosevelt encouraged to run for a third term?

3. What does Freedman say Franklin Roosevelt needed as the war took a toll on him?

4. What was Eleanor's position at the League of Women's Voters?

5. What did Eleanor Roosevelt prefer to chauffeured limousines?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Eleanor Roosevelt's part in the National Youth Administration?

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

5. Where does Freedman say Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt differed politically?

6. Describe the crisis surrounding Lucy Mercer.

7. Describe Franklin Roosevelt's illness and paralysis.

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

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

10. What policies did Eleanor advocate in the Democratic Party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has feminism changed since Eleanor Roosevelt? How does modern feminism bear the imprint of Eleanor Roosevelt's work in the 1920s and 1930s?

Essay Topic 2

It comes out late in the biography that Franklin had seen Lucy Mercer (Lucy Mercer Rutherford) a number of times after Eleanor Roosevelt thought their affair was over. How did Eleanor Roosevelt live without intimacy of her own? Was politics enough for her? What did she do with her desire for personal love?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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