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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are American Catholics opposed to helping the answer to #82 defend itself against Germany?
(a) There were too many atheists in the country
(b) They opposed Communism
(c) They thought Italy should be protected first
(d) They opposed war of any kind

2. Which pilot led a daring raid on Japan?
(a) James Doolittle
(b) The Red Baron
(c) Audie Murphy
(d) Charles Lindbergh

3. What news does Roosevelt learn on May 9, 1940?
(a) Hitler has attacked five European countries
(b) His wife wants a divorce
(c) His son is ill
(d) His mother is coming for a visit

4. What military equipment did the Germans have that far exceeded the Allies?
(a) Grenades
(b) Surveillance
(c) Machine guns
(d) Tanks

5. What was Eleanor's relation to Theodore Roosevelt?
(a) His sister
(b) His sister-in-law
(c) His daughter
(d) His niece

6. How old was Eleanor when her father died?
(a) 10
(b) 3
(c) 12
(d) 21

7. What happened to change the nature of Eleanor and Franklin's marriage?
(a) She fell in love with another man
(b) He had an affair with her social secretary
(c) Franklin's mother broke up the marriage
(d) He never remembered their anniversary

8. Where was the New York City apartment maintained by Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) Manhattan
(b) Queens
(c) Brooklyn
(d) Greenwich Village

9. What does Roosevelt do for Missy?
(a) Leaves her half his estate in his will
(b) Throws a going away party for her
(c) Sends her a wedding gift
(d) Buys her a new wardrobe

10. What did Roosevelt call for in his State of the Union address in January of 1942?
(a) A renewed draft effort
(b) Peace talks with Japan
(c) Gifts for the troops
(d) Massive military production

11. Which important Roosevelt family member dies at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Sara Roosevelt
(b) Teddy Roosevelt
(c) Elliott Roosevelt
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt

12. Who was Roosevelt's opponent in the presidential race in 1940?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(b) William Howard Taft
(c) Herbert Hoover
(d) Wendell Wilkie

13. What happened to Missy LeHand in June of 1941?
(a) She had a stroke
(b) She left Roosevelt's employment
(c) She got married
(d) She published her memoirs

14. What was Roosevelt's opponent's position on a military draft?
(a) He opposed it
(b) He favored it with limitations
(c) He had no opinion on it
(d) He favored it

15. What did Roosevelt call the war in Europe in a speech in May of 1941?
(a) A war for World Domination
(b) Our Finest Hour
(c) The War to End All Wars
(d) Nobility in Action

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Joseph Lash?

2. How did Roosevelt help businesses prepare for war?

3. In what type of household was Roosevelt raised?

4. Of what did Eleanor urge Americans to slow their purchases?

5. At what age did Roosevelt leave for boarding school?

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