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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can Willie be confident in his position?
(a) He has the loyalty of the people all over the state.
(b) He has helped the people in the state more than anyone else who has ever held the office.
(c) He can blackmail anyone he needs to in order to secure his position.
(d) He knows how to campaign better than anyone in the state.

2. What else does Jack's mother tell Jack about Judge Irwin?
(a) Judge Irwin has had a heart attack.
(b) Judge Irwin has killed himself.
(c) Judge Irwin was killed in a car accident.
(d) Judge Irwin has shot Willie Stark.

3. What is the best approach to secure the answer to #114?
(a) The promise of an opportunity to do good
(b) The promise of a country club membership
(c) The promise of stock options
(d) The promise of a good salary

4. How does Jack come in contact with Cass Mastern?
(a) Cass was a highly-honored Civil War general.
(b) Cass offers dissertation services to grad students.
(c) Cass places an ad for an apartment for rent.
(d) Cass' grandson contacts Jack to determine if Cass' papers have any financial worth.

5. What is the extent of Tom's injuries?
(a) One leg has been amputated.
(b) His pelvis is crushed.
(c) His spinal cord is crushed.
(d) Both legs are broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Mortimer L. Littlepaugh?

2. Why do people come to hear Willie speak?

3. How did Cass die?

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

5. Who becomes Willie's campaign manager?

(see the answer key)

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