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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. When Theodore Roosevelt returned to New York from the Dakotas in 1885-1886, a publisher contracted him to write a biography of whom?
(a) James G. Blaine.
(b) Seth Bullock.
(c) Thomas Hart Benton.
(d) Joe Ferris.

2. In investigating corruption in the case of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad and the City of New York, Theodore Roosevelt’s findings demanded further investigation of what two individuals in 1881-1882?
(a) Judge Williamson and Attorney General Smith.
(b) Charles Patterson and Judge Anderson.
(c) Judge Jasper and Attorney General Swift.
(d) Judge Westbrook and Attorney General Ward.

3. Where did Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt settle in New York after their brief stay at the Roosevelts’ estate on Long Island after their marriage?
(a) 6 West 57th Street.
(b) Coney Island, New York.
(c) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(d) Richfield Springs, New York.

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

5. What was the name of the second nature book that Theodore Roosevelt published while he was still enrolled in college?
(a) A Biography of Gouveneur Morris.
(b) Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay.
(c) Hunting Tips of a Ranchman.
(d) The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose brother did Theodore Roosevelt purchase the lands in the Dakota Territory that he planned to use as a cattle ranch?

2. Who did Theodore Roosevelt hire as a local guide on his first trip to the Dakota Territory?

3. Who wrote “The Saga of King Olaf”?

4. When Theodore Roosevelt returned to Medora in August of 1885, he found who in jail for murder?

5. In 1886, Roosevelt ran as the Republican candidate for mayor of New York City, portraying himself as what persona?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom did Theodore Roosevelt encounter in jail when he returned to the Dakotas in Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”? Why?

2. Who did Theodore Roosevelt support in the 1884 Presidential election? Who won the nomination?

3. How did Theodore Roosevelt learn of the deaths of his mother and wife, according to the author in Chapter 9, “The Honorable Gentleman”?

4. 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?

5. What is revealed in the journal writings of Theodore Roosevelt in 1870, as seen in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”? What were his interests?

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

7. What book did Theodore Roosevelt travel west to work on in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?

8. When and where was Theodore Roosevelt born? How is his infancy described in Chapter 1, “The Very Small Person”?

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

10. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s parents in Chapter 1, “The Very Small Person”?

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