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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. What did Johnson compare his Great Society programs with at the beginning of "Things Go Wrong"?
(a) A massive snowball.
(b) Beautiful woman.
(c) A benevolent uncle.
(d) A king.

2. What kind of popular majority did Johnson win in 1964?
(a) Smallest ever.
(b) Equal to Roosevelt.
(c) Greatest ever.
(d) Less than Kennedy.

3. As administrator of the Great Society, how big was the bureaucracy that Johnson presided over?
(a) Two thousand employees.
(b) Six million employees.
(c) One million employees.
(d) Nine thousand employees.

4. How many people were killed in the Watts riots in Los Angeles?
(a) Two hundred twenty-five.
(b) Six hundred.
(c) Ten.
(d) One hundred.

5. What did Johnson ask of Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois in "The Transition Year"?
(a) To help him with his speech to Congress.
(b) To come to the White House for dinner and conversation.
(c) His support on civil rights legislation.
(d) To ask other senators about their interests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two Great Society programs does the author say "succeeded admirably in achieving their objectives"?

2. Who was Robert Baker?

3. When did Johnson resume his position in the Senate after his illness in 1955?

4. Who was Johnson visiting on the July Fourth weekend when he got sick in 1955?

5. What were the American people most adversely affected by in 1968?

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