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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Theodore Roosevelt built a ranch in the Dakota Territory named Elk Horn. This ranch was located 35 miles from what boomtown?
2. When was Henry George born?
3. What was the first work that Theodore Roosevelt published following his first year at college?
4. What name did Theodore Roosevelt plan to give to the estate that he built on Long Island for Alice Lee?
5. When Theodore Roosevelt lost the election for New York City Mayor, he rejoiced that at least what friend of his had won a seat in Congress?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s parents in Chapter 1, “The Very Small Person”?
3. How was Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement in politics in the Dakotas described in Chapter 13, “The Long Arm of the Law”?
4. How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s impressions of Albany after arriving as an assemblyman in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?
5. What led Theodore Roosevelt to return to New York from the Dakotas in Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. 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”?
9. Where did the Roosevelt family travel in the fall of 1870? How does the author describe Theodore Roosevelt’s impressions of these locales in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?
10. Where did Theodore and Alice Lee Roosevelt live after their wedding? Where did Roosevelt continue his studies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the different perceptions of Theodore Roosevelt expressed in the book’s Prologue. What authors and public figures liked Theodore Roosevelt? Why? Who were his critics? What did they perceive about this larger than life politician?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the 1892 Presidential election and the candidates, their platforms, and their supporters. What policies did Blaine support? Why did Roosevelt choose this candidate to support for President? Who won this election?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss Theodore Roosevelt’s courtship of Alice Lee. How did Roosevelt come to know the Lee family? What were his impressions of Alice when they first met? How did Roosevelt go about wooing Alice?
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