Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Study Sync)

Which of the following choices best explains why Eleanor Roosevelt did not want to be First Lady as described in paragraph 2?

• She was terrified of all of the attention she would receive.

• She did not like the amount of time that her husband would have to spend away from her.

• She thought the role would limit the ambitious lifestyle to which she was accustomed.

• She insisted that she would never take on the hosting duties it demanded.

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What mainly does the following sentence reveal (paragraph 3)?

“It was pure selfishness on my part, and I never mentioned my feelings on the subject to him.”

• Eleanor Roosevelt never wanted to be an obstacle to her husband’s career.

• Eleanor Roosevelt rarely expressed what her true opinions were.

• Franklin Roosevelt would have dropped out of the race for president if he had been aware of his wife’s

• Eleanor Roosevelt was not as generous as people thought she was.

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How mainly does paragraph 7 add to the development of Eleanor Roosevelt?

• It continues to show how she could do what she was told while demonstrating tremendous independence.

• It reveals how Mrs. Roosevelt drove government agencies mad during her time as First Lady.

• It paints her as a staunch advocate for every person’s right to carry a firearm.

• It illustrates that Mrs. Roosevelt wanted to intimidate anyone who stepped in her path.

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What do the following lines mainly reveal about Eleanor Roosevelt (paragraph 10)?

People meeting her for the first time often were startled by how “unjustly” the camera treated her. Photographs had not prepared them for her warmth and dignity and poise.

• She was able to eventually win people over even though she usually made a poor first impression upon meeting her.

• Photographs failed to show how warm and charming Eleanor was in person.

• The photographs of her in newspapers and magazines made her appear short.

• She had a reputation for always wearing a tremendous smile.

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What is most closely a central idea of the excerpt from Chapter 1?

• Eleanor Roosevelt refused to draw any extra attention to herself as First Lady.

• President Roosevelt often butted heads with his wife about the way she carried herself as First Lady.

• Despite her many achievements, Eleanor Roosevelt always remained humble and focused on helping others.

• Eleanor Roosevelt’s reputation often overshadowed her husband’s.

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Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5?

• “She was the first president’s wife to earn her own money by writing, lecturing, and broadcasting.”

• “And yet those who knew her best were most impressed by her simplicity, by her total lack of self-importance.”

• “After Franklin Roosevelt’s death, she became a major force at the United Nations, where her efforts on behalf of human rights earned her the title, First Lady of the World.”

• “When she insisted on her right to take drives by herself, without a chauffeur or a police escort, the Secret Service, worried about her safety, gave her a pistol and begged her to carry it with her.”

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Which of these inferences about Eleanor Roosevelt is best supported by the text?

• Her parents planted the seed in her that she was capable of great things.

• She spent her early years mostly living up to the expectations of others.

• Her various travels and endeavors as First Lady prevented her from maintaining the traditional host duties of the role.

• While living in the White House, she was often paranoid that she was being targeted for an attack.

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Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 7?

• “For thirty years from the time she entered the White House until her death in 1962, Eleanor Roosevelt was the most famous and at times the most influential woman in the world.”

• “My opportunities for shooting have been far and few between, but if the necessity arose, I do know how to use a pistol.”

• “At the same time, however, she cast her fears aside and seized the opportunity to transform the role of America’s First Lady.”

• “She had come a long way since her days as an obedient society matron, and, before then, a timid child who was ‘always afraid of something.’”

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Match the left column by writing the number in the right column

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Match Eleanors reasons for independence, to what achievement that led to.

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