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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Jack Burden
(b) Willie Stark
(c) Anne Stanton
(d) Adam Stanton

3. With whom has Willie been having an affair?
(a) Mary Harrison
(b) Anne Stanton
(c) Sadie Burke
(d) Lucille Burden

4. Why does Willie lose when he runs for reelection?
(a) He does not have enough money to print campaign posters.
(b) The city commissioners start a rumor that the contractor Willie wanted, Jeffers, hired Negro workers.
(c) He does not have a good record on administering city tax dollars.
(d) He runs against the mayor's very popular son.

5. Where is Wille Stark's home town?
(a) Mason City
(b) Biloxi
(c) Baton Rouge
(d) Memphis

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Judge Irwin's response to Willie's request?

2. Who steps in and offers blackmail as a tool to help White?

3. What was Willie Stark's job when Jack Burden first meets him?

4. In what year does Willie first run for governor?

5. When Jack returns to his office, he finds that ______________________________ have been begun for State Auditor, Byram B. White.

(see the answer key)

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