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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Things Go Wrong.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Transition Year," about how many hours does the author say Johnson slept each night?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

2. How long did Johnson have to stay in the hospital after he got sick in 1955?
(a) Twenty weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Six weeks.

3. What impassioned plea did Humphrey make at the 1948 Democratic Convention?
(a) A strong civil rights plank.
(b) Higher education.
(c) Voting rights for women.
(d) Better salary for congressmen.

4. What was Johnson haunted by during his three-month convalescence at home in 1955?
(a) Childhood fear of paralysis.
(b) His mother's health.
(c) His father's death.
(d) His grandfather's expectations.

5. What were the American people most adversely affected by in 1968?
(a) Lack of organic food.
(b) Stormy weather.
(c) Poor drinking water.
(d) Inflation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What legislation passed on August 20, 1964?

2. What kind of popular majority did Johnson win in 1964?

3. What did Johnson ask each member of Kennedy's cabinet after Kennedy's assassination?

4. Who did Johnson choose to be his Vice President in the 1964 Presidential election?

5. What did Johnson compare his Great Society programs with at the beginning of "Things Go Wrong"?

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