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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. On October 28, 1881, Theodore Roosevelt gained a nomination for state senate at what age?
(a) 29.
(b) 23.
(c) 25.
(d) 26.

2. What friends from Maine did Theodore Roosevelt hire to manage his new ranch Elk Horn in the Dakotas?
(a) Titus Sheard and James G. Blaine.
(b) Isaac Hunt and Joe Ferris.
(c) Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow.
(d) Joe Ferris and George Edmunds.

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

4. What author is cited in the Prologue as having been a fan of Theodore Roosevelt’s and who called him “delightful”?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Rudyard Kipling.
(d) Edith Wharton.

5. What term refers to the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent?
(a) Indian Removal.
(b) Personal Utopia.
(c) Individual Right.
(d) Manifest Destiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Dakota Territory, Roosevelt enjoyed celebrity status for his capture of the cattle thieves who stole his boat. He was then asked to give a speech at a political celebration in what town on July 4, according to the author in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?

2. How long after the death of his wife and mother did Theodore Roosevelt return to Albany?

3. Who did Theodore Roosevelt become friends with during his early career as an assemblyman, who became Roosevelt’s first ally?

4. While at the 1884 Republican Convention, Theodore Roosevelt learned that who planned to veto several of his bills, according to the author in Chapter 10, “The Delegate-at-Large”?

5. What physical ailment frequently caused problems for Theodore Roosevelt during his childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Theodore Roosevelt travel to marry Edith Carow? Whom did he meet on this trip, according to the author in Chapter 14, “The Next Mayor of New York”?

2. Whom did Theodore Roosevelt hire as a local guide in the Dakota Territory on his first trip there, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”? Where did he stay?

3. Why did Theodore Roosevelt travel to the Dakotas, according to the author in Chapter 11, “The Cowboy of the Present”? What did he do there in this trip?

4. Who took custody of Theodore Roosevelt’s infant daughter after the death of his wife Alice Lee Roosevelt? Where did his daughter live?

5. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s courtship with Alice Lee in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?

6. What led Theodore Roosevelt to campaign in the New York Mayoral elections, according to the author in Chapter 14, “The Next Mayor of New York”?

7. How is Theodore Roosevelt’s term as assemblyman described in 1883 in Chapter 7, “The Fighting Cock”?

8. How does the author describe the impressions that Theodore Roosevelt made on those around him in the Prologue of the biography?

9. How was Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement in politics in the Dakotas described in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?

10. How did Theodore Roosevelt’s first trip to the Dakotas begin, according to the author in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”? How is this setting described?

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