All the King's Men Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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All the King's Men Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who steps in and offers blackmail as a tool to help White?
(a) Tiny Duffy
(b) Former Governor Stanton
(c) Judge Irwin
(d) Governor Stark

2. What do Jack and Judge Irwin make while Jack is growing up?
(a) Model airplanes
(b) Kites
(c) Ships in bottles
(d) Models of ancient weapons

3. What is Judge Irwin's response to Willie's request?
(a) He will not do it.
(b) He is not able to do it.
(c) He will think about it.
(d) He will be glad to do it.

4. Who becomes Willie's campaign manager?
(a) Jack Burden
(b) Sugar Boy
(c) Tiny Duffy
(d) Judge Irwin

5. What happens when Willie runs for the governorship in 1930?
(a) Willie wins but does not accept the office.
(b) Willie wins.
(c) Willie is defeated by the MacMurfee faction.
(d) Willie is defeated by the Harrison faction.

6. Of what has White been accused?
(a) Cheating on his taxes
(b) Having an affair with a congressman's wife
(c) Making a deal with the Tax Lands Bureau for a kickback
(d) Propositioning one of the pages at the state house

7. Who takes over as Jack's father after Jack's father leaves?
(a) Grandfather Burden
(b) Governor Stanton
(c) Judge Irwin
(d) Mr. Stark

8. In what year does Willie first run for governor?
(a) 1930
(b) 1926
(c) 1922
(d) 1934

9. Why does Jack attend the state university instead of abiding by his mother's wishes and going to Harvard or Princeton?
(a) Jack does not think he would adapt well to a northern school.
(b) Jack thinks his mother still needs his help occasionally.
(c) Jack wants to put himself through college and the state school is less expensive.
(d) Jack does not want to move that far away from home.

10. To what year does the story flash back?
(a) 1915
(b) 1940
(c) 1922
(d) 1896

11. Why will Tiny Duffy not help Willie improve his dreadful campaign speeches?
(a) Tiny is busy organizing Willie's travel itinerary.
(b) Duffy is employed by the Harrison faction and they do not expect Willie to win, simply dilute the MacMurfee votes.
(c) Tiny has never held a management position before.
(d) Tiny does not have any speechwriting experience.

12. What does Willie order when everyone else orders beer?
(a) Coffee
(b) Coca-Cola
(c) Orange pop
(d) Sweet tea

13. What is the situation regarding a brick kiln and the bricks Moore would use on the awarded job?
(a) There had been a lawsuit about the inferior quality of the bricks.
(b) The brick kiln cannot produce the correct color of bricks for the school.
(c) The kiln is located in another state and there are tax issues.
(d) The brick kiln cannot produce the amount of bricks needed to meet the deadline.

14. Why does Annabelle sell Phebe, her waiting maid?
(a) Because Annabelle wants a younger maid in the house.
(b) Because she saw Annabelle shoot her husband.
(c) Because Phebe had set fire to the bedroom drapes with a candle.
(d) Because Phebe knows about Annabelle's husband's ring on Cass' finger.

15. Cass and his brother, Gilbert, and sister, Lavinia, were born in poverty in what state?
(a) Tennessee
(b) Alabama
(c) Mississippi
(d) Georgia

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Willie's wife's profession?

2. What do Willie and Jack do with Willie's father?

3. How many husbands has Mrs. Burden had?

4. How does Jack come in contact with Cass Mastern?

5. During dinner at the judge's home one night in 1933, what topic comes up as part of the conversation?

(see the answer keys)

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