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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the situation regarding a brick kiln and the bricks Moore would use on the awarded job?
(a) The brick kiln cannot produce the amount of bricks needed to meet the deadline.
(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) There had been a lawsuit about the inferior quality of the bricks.

2. 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 want to move that far away from home.
(b) Jack wants to put himself through college and the state school is less expensive.
(c) Jack does not think he would adapt well to a northern school.
(d) Jack thinks his mother still needs his help occasionally.

3. What happens to indicate that Lucy is not engaged in Willie's life?
(a) Lucy takes several independent vacations.
(b) Willie notices that she no longer has the chef prepare Willie's favorite meals.
(c) Willie finds her asleep early even with the threat of impeachment hanging over Willie's head.
(d) Lucy takes frequent shopping trips out of town.

4. During this time, Willie and Lucy have a son named __________.
(a) Tom
(b) Ted
(c) Tim
(d) Tad

5. What was Willie Stark's job when Jack Burden first meets him?
(a) County Prosecutor
(b) County Treasurer
(c) Court Reporter
(d) Assistant District Attorney

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Willie Stark's wife?

2. Why does the Attorney General, Hugh Miller resign his position?

3. In a flashback, what does the author reveal about Jack's father?

4. Why is Willie's wife, Lucy, leaving Willie?

5. How does Jack confirm Willie's affair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Jack have any contact with his real father now?

2. What purpose does Chapter 4 serve for the novel?

3. What is the nature of Anne Stanton's depression?

4. How does Judge Irwin react when he sees Jack and Willie at his home?

5. What is the reason that Willie's wife, Lucy, is leaving him?

6. What had happened to Anne after she breaks up with Jack and graduates college?

7. Why is the move to hire Adam Stanton as the administrator of Willie's new hospital so out of character for Willie?

8. How does Willie re-enter political life?

9. What leads Jack to explore the judge's interest in the American Electric Power Company?

10. How do Willie's problem-solving tactics emerge after his son, Tom, has a car accident?

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