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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Rise to Power in the Senate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What full-time job did Johnson take with a criminal lawyer in the mid-1920s?
(a) Head researcher.
(b) Office manager.
(c) Clerk.
(d) Lawyer.

2. Who gave Lady Bird her nickname?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Rebekah Johnson.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

3. What kind of house did Johnson grow up in?
(a) Houseboat.
(b) Condo.
(c) Mansion.
(d) Small farmhouse.

4. Who was Johnson visiting on the July Fourth weekend when he got sick in 1955?
(a) George and Herman Brown.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) Richard Russell.
(d) Harry Bryd.

5. What did Johnson have in his suitcase which was tied with baling wire in 1924?
(a) Straw hat.
(b) Undershirts.
(c) Scoks.
(d) Pants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Johnson's first job when he was a freshman in college?

2. What department did Professor Harry Greene work in at the college Johnson went to?

3. What impassioned plea did Humphrey make at the 1948 Democratic Convention?

4. What state did the New York Times writer William S. White come from?

5. What was the name of the hotel where Johnson lived when he first went to Washington?

(see the answer key)

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