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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Theodore Roosevelt first arrived in Albany as an assemblyman, he was compared by his fellow assemblyman to what contemporary writer of the time?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

2. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Dutch.

3. Where did Theodore Roosevelt live while he studied in college?
(a) Mrs. Anderson’s Boarding House.
(b) Mrs. Rothwild’s Boarding House.
(c) Mrs. Peters’ Boarding House.
(d) Mrs. Richardson's Boarding House.

4. Theodore Roosevelt, Senior received an appointment as Collector of Customs to the Port of New York by what U.S. President?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) William McKinley.
(c) Grover Cleveland.
(d) James Garfield.

5. What university did Theodore Roosevelt attend?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Brown University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Yale University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first work that Theodore Roosevelt published following his first year at college?

2. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?

3. As a New York State Assemblyman, what nickname did Theodore Roosevelt gain for his habit of striking down the bills of others while drafting little legislation of his own?

4. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?

5. What name did Theodore Roosevelt plan to give to the estate that he built on Long Island for Alice Lee?

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