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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. 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) John Hay.
(b) Joe Ferris.
(c) Titus Sheard.
(d) Isaac Hunt.

2. 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?
(a) “Ciao!”
(b) “Hello!”’
(c) “Good to meet you!”
(d) “Delighted!”

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

4. The Prologue of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt opens with a detailed description of President Roosevelt greeting guests on New Year’s Day of what year?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1911.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what nickname was Theodore Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt, known?

3. At what address did the Roosevelt family live when Theodore Roosevelt was born?

4. What author is cited in the Prologue as having been a fan of Theodore Roosevelt’s and who called him “delightful”?

5. The author describes an incident in Liverpool when Theodore Roosevelt was turned down by a vendor when he went to purchase what substance in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?

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