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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphoric comparison does Kennedy make to John Quincey Adams' Puritanism?
(a) Kennedy's Catholicism.
(b) The east coast, craggy, rocky, somber and strong.
(c) A conflict of interests.
(d) A mighty ship in a storm.

2. What is a particular problem on occasion when the electorate presents a desire to the elected official?
(a) What they want may not in the long run be good for the constituency.
(b) What they want they are not willing to help pay for.
(c) What they want is not clear to the elected official.
(d) What they want is not fair to fixed income people.

3. What is a constant that an elected official must understand?
(a) He or she is under scrutiny by the constituency.
(b) That once elected, the official is no longer responsible to the constituency.
(c) The media will not report anything the elected official does not want made public.
(d) He or she will never hear from the constituency until election day.

4. In PROFILES IN COURAGE, what does John F. Kennedy fear the American public has forgotten?
(a) How to tell if a man is honest.
(b) What courage actually is.
(c) The basic principles our country was founded on.
(d) Where to look for courage in a politician.

5. What was the dichotomy concerning John Quincey Adams' father?
(a) Adams was not religious but his son, John Quincey, was a devout Puritan.
(b) Adams raised his son to always do as his father did regardless of what he thought personally.
(c) Adams was a stern father but a political liberal.
(d) Adams had raised his son to do what he believed to be right and that meant opposing his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage did John Quincey Adams have as a politician?

2. What leader who was at odds with Adams' father did John Quincey find himself agreeing with quite often?

3. For what prestigious university did Adams once work as a professor?

4. What does Kennedy say was a liability about Webster's immense popularity with both sides of the political spectrum?

5. What measure did Henry Clay enlist Webster to help with?

(see the answer key)

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