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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 topic of Jack's dissertation?
(a) His father's maternal uncle
(b) The Civil War
(c) The Fourth Estate
(d) World War I

2. What happens to Willie's career in April of 1933?
(a) The news of Willie's affairs threatens his career.
(b) Willie receives the national endorsement to campaign for president.
(c) Willie has to step down for health reasons.
(d) There are impeachment proceeding initiated because of the White case.

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

4. What does Willie want for his son, Tom?
(a) He wants him to be a part of all the excitement of Willie's administration.
(b) He wants him to go to Harvard or Yale and become a lawyer.
(c) He wants him to become a professional baseball player.
(d) He wants him to marry a nice girl and settle down in Mason City.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Annabelle take Phebe to be sold?

3. Who is the woman who works for Willie?

4. Who is Willie Stark's wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author indicate that Willie is against drinking alcohol?

3. Explain how the novel ends on a small glimmer of hope.

4. What does the new hospital symbolize for Willie?

5. Why does the author have Jack return home from California?

6. How do Jack's mother and Judge Irwin feel about Jack's association with Willie Stark?

7. Who was Jack find was the unexpected instigator in the deaths of Adam and Willie?

8. What is the nature of Jack's second historical project which he launches in Chapter 5?

9. What does Jack recall about his childhood at the beginning of Chapter 3?

10. What negative trait of Willie's is verified by Willie's behavior in the White impeachment scandal?

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