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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 phrase does the author use to describe how Lady Bird escaped mentally when she needed a break from Johnson?
(a) Mental vacation.
(b) Psychic leave.
(c) Mental lapse.
(d) Escaped to dreamland.

2. How old was Johnson when he was first elected to Congress through a special six-week election?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty-three.
(d) Twenty-nine.

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

4. Where was Lyndon Johnson born?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Stonewall, Texas.

5. Where did Johnson go in a Model-T after graduating high school?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) California.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade did Johnson give himself as a Vice President?

2. Who is Rebekah Baines?

3. What did Johnson's Republican opponent accuse him of in the election for Senator in "The Making of a Politician"?

4. What political party did Sam Ealy Johnson join that had a presidential candidate in 1892?

5. What year did a United States Senate seat open in Texas that Johnson ultimately won?

(see the answer key)

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