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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In how many of his seven subjects did Theodore Roosevelt earn honors at the completion of his freshman year in college?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. What future Secretary of State did Theodore Roosevelt meet in September of 1870, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?
(a) Isaac Hunt.
(b) John Hay.
(c) Joe Ferris.
(d) Titus Sheard.

4. What author is mentioned in the Prologue as having remarked negatively about President Theodore Roosevelt’s methodologies and called him “insane”?
(a) Edith Wharton.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Rudyard Kipling.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

5. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt born?
(a) October 21, 1841.
(b) February 12, 1840.
(c) October 27, 1858.
(d) October 28, 1881.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?

2. Who wrote “The Saga of King Olaf”?

3. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s wife when he held the office of United States President?

4. In what year did Theodore Roosevelt graduate magna cum laude from college?

5. What trademark greeting is Theodore Roosevelt described as having used when shaking the hands of his visitors at the White House in the book’s Prologue?

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