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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. Which character is described at the best progressive in the country?
(a) FDR.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) James M. Cox.
(d) Warren G. Harding.

2. Where is Act 1, Scene 1 set?
(a) The living room of the Roosevelt's New York house.
(b) At the Roosevelt summer home in Canada.
(c) Madison Square Garden.
(d) Hyde Park.

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, where does Eleanor wish FDR could be moved?
(a) To a modern hospital in New York.
(b) Downstairs.
(c) To their home in Hyde Park.
(d) To the large hospital in Columbus.

4. What plan does Mr. Howe devise to prevent reporters from seeing FDR on a stretcher?
(a) Missy is leaving in the car while the family boards a boat.
(b) Sara distracts the reporters with an interview as the family leaves.
(c) FDR and his family leave using different forms of transportation.
(d) Mr. Howe is leaving in the car while the family takes the train.

5. In Act 2, Scene 1, how does FDR retrieve stamps that have fallen on the floor?
(a) He buzzes for Missy.
(b) Using a gadget with an extension arm.
(c) He has trained Duffy to retrieve dropped items.
(d) He calls Eleanor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news bothers FDR as he reads the paper in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. Why doesn't Eleanor get a private nurse to tend FDR?

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, what does Mr. Howe wish that the house contained?

4. At the end of Act 2, Scene 1, what does Eleanor vow to never do again?

5. Why does Missy chase the children away from Eleanor at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Sara and Mr. Howe argue in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What does FDR mean in Act 1, Scene 1, when he asks Eleanor to keep him from "getting into deep water"?

3. What is the significance of FDR's attempt to walk at the end of Act 2?

4. What struggles does Anna have in Act 2?

5. Why does FDR ask Missy to procure a blueprint of Madison Square Garden?

6. How does FDR's illness affect his body?

7. Why does FDR refer to Jimmy as a "man of iron"?

8. How does FDR respond to Mr. Lassiter in Act 3, Scene 1?

9. What does the speaker in Act 3, Scene 3 yell at the delegates?

10. How do the speakers on the platform gain the crowd's attention in Act 3, Scene 3?

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