FDR's First Inaugural Address Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around FDR's First Inaugural Address? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What have the people made President Roosevelt by giving him their mandate?
An uncaring robot
The present instrument of their wishes
A symbol of freedom
They made him angry.
Q. Although the inaugural address is primarily about domestic issues, FDR also coins a phrase for the foreign relations policy of his early administration. What is the two-word phrase he uses to describe this new attitude?
Good Neighbor
Bad Neighbor
Boy Bye
So-So Neighbor
Q. According to President Roosevelt, what is the only thing we have to fear?
Heights
Spiders
Clowns
Fear itself
Q. When FDR says that "only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment" (12), to what contemporary political figure is he referring?
Teddy Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Ebenezer Scrooge
William Randolph Hearst
Q. President Roosevelt spends a section of his speech detailing the efforts that could help redevelop the land to make it more usable for the American people. What is the one thing he says would not help?
Parades
A bake sale
Just talking about it
Street races