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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. What department did Professor Harry Greene work in at the college Johnson went to?
(a) Science Department.
(b) Government Department.
(c) English Department.
(d) Business Department.

2. How many things did Johnson say he disagreed with President Kennedy on when he was his Vice President?
(a) One.
(b) Six.
(c) Three or four.
(d) Ten.

3. Who was Johnson's political hero?
(a) Ike Eisenhower.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John Kennedy.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt.

4. How did Johnson get the job with the criminal lawyer in the mid-1920s?
(a) Newspaper ad.
(b) Personal reference from a friend.
(c) Met the lawyer while having coffee.
(d) His mother and the lawyer were cousins.

5. What was Richard Kleberg most interested in in Washington?
(a) Debate.
(b) Working for the common man.
(c) Social life.
(d) Legislative policies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was President in 1931?

2. According to the author in "The Great Society," what did Johnson equate predictability with?

3. How many people were killed in the Watts riots in Los Angeles?

4. What did Johnson believe he would gain if he took a "middle course" in Vietnam and in the work on Great Society initiatives in "Under Siege in the White House"?

5. As administrator of the Great Society, how big was the bureaucracy that Johnson presided over?

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