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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Air Force base is rumored to have inadequate conditions in 1950?
(a) Dyess Air Force Base.
(b) Goodfellow Air Force Base.
(c) Randolph Air Force Base.
(d) Lackland Air Force Base.

2. How does the constitution originally state Senators are elected?
(a) By state legislatures.
(b) By the House.
(c) Popular vote.
(d) By the President.

3. What does LBJ say about opposing Eisenhower's Foreign policy?
(a) It boosts a Senator's career.
(b) It is American.
(c) It is suicide.
(d) It is shameful.

4. What does LBJ ask for before going into shock after his heart attack?
(a) A drink.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Some food.
(d) His wife.

5. How does LBJ respond to his medications?
(a) Poorly.
(b) He refuses medication.
(c) Moderately.
(d) Very well.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Olds join the American Labor Party?

2. What is the attitude of the Democratic party after LBJ heart attack?

3. How close do the Democrats come to controlling the Senate in 1954?

4. What Senate Rule limits debate based on unanimous consent agreement?

5. What assignment does Magnuson want more than Foreign Affairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What backlash does LBJ feel after the Olds trail?

2. Why do some think Olds is a communist?

3. How does LBJ stop some Senators from trying to change Senate Rule 22?

4. Why does Russell try to avoid a formal committee report of the Truman Administration hearings?

5. When LBJ sends investigators in to the Air Force base, what do they find compared to what LBJ reports to the public?

6. What is the results of Humphrey's speech on civil rights during chapter 19?

7. What is LBJ's big picture view of the Senate?

8. Describe the two affairs LBJ has while in the Senate.

9. Why does LBJ feel Democrats need credit for the rescue of an idolized President?

10. What is the effect of an aging Senate?

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