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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Under Seige in the White House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Johnson define the term "Great Society"?
(a) Art and Culture programs.
(b) Tax progams.
(c) Space exploration progams.
(d) Social reform programs.

2. What executive office fills the role of President of the Senate?
(a) Attorney General.
(b) President.
(c) Vice President.
(d) Secretary of State.

3. Why was Johnson in the hospital the day after he was elected to Congress in 1937?
(a) Visiting a friend.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Appendicitis.
(d) Visiting his mother.

4. What time did the train leave that Johnson was on at the end of "Education and the Dream of Success"?
(a) Six p.m.
(b) Four p.m.
(c) Twelve p.m.
(d) Eight a.m.

5. Where was Johnson on election day in 1964 when the results came in?
(a) At his home in Texas.
(b) California.
(c) White House.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Things Go Wrong," what does the author say Johnson hesitated over for two years before making a recommendation to Congress?

3. What kind of food did Johnson discover that John Kennedy loved and then stocked his plane with it?

4. What city did Johnson travel to in order to talk with Richard Kleberg?

5. In "The Great Society," where does the author say Johnson first introduced the term "Great Society" in a speech?

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