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

2. What happens when Jack visits his father in his small apartment now?
(a) Jack takes his father to minor league baseball games.
(b) Jack rejects his religious obsessions and his father says he will pray for Jack's soul.
(c) Jack takes food so his father will remember to eat.
(d) Jack takes his father to dinner and a movie.

3. Why does the Attorney General, Hugh Miller resign his position?
(a) His wife has a terminal illness.
(b) He has been diagonosed with a terminal illness.
(c) He can no longer keep the travel schedule necessary for the job.
(d) He objects to the help given to White.

4. What does Jack think he can find to blackmail Judge Irwin?
(a) He knows that the Judge has money in Cayman banks.
(b) He knows that the Judge has an illegitimate child.
(c) He does not think he can find anything.
(d) He knows the dirt about the Judge's divorce.

5. Which political faction covertly backs Willie's campaign?
(a) The Irwin faction
(b) The Stanton faction
(c) The Harrison faction
(d) The MacMurfee faction

Short Answer Questions

1. During dinner at the judge's home one night in 1933, what topic comes up as part of the conversation?

2. What happens during the next election for governor?

3. Who takes over as Jack's father after Jack's father leaves?

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

5. How does Judge Irwin react when a dinner guest berates Governor Stark's programs?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the actions in Chapter 9 which create not only the climax of the novel but also the classic theme of good vs. evil.

3. What role did Judge Irwin play in Jack's childhood?

4. Explain how Judge Irwin's death grants Jack his independence.

5. How does Willie's standard manipulative behavior exhibit in Chapter 8?

6. Under what circumstances did Jack's parents meet?

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

8. What twist of fate changes public perception of Willie Stark?

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

10. What does Anne give Jack as her reasons for having the affair with Willie?

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