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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did one reporter categorize elected officials?
(a) That people elected them on their looks.
(b) That they needed to be good public speakers.
(c) That they were gluttons for mental punishment.
(d) That people thought everything they said was untrue.

2. Who was the first son of a former president to become president of the U.S.?
(a) John Quincey Adams.
(b) Geroge Washington Carver.
(c) Thomas Alva Edison.
(d) Andrew Jefferson.

3. For what prestigious university did Adams once work as a professor?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

4. What does Kennedy identify as the second pressure that prevents courageous deeds by elected officials.
(a) The need to travel the world.
(b) The need to publish a book.
(c) The need to get re-elected.
(d) The need to get more education.

5. In spite of John Quincey Adams' clarity and political courage, what life-long need did he have?
(a) The approval of his father and mother.
(b) The visible justification of God.
(c) Unwavering popularity among the people.
(d) A personal fortune so he was not dependent on the voters.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kennedy, what makes it difficult to recognize courageous acts when they do occur?

2. John Quincey Adams was a Senator from what state?

3. Kennedy sees as a weakness in John Quincey Adams an emotional attachment to whom?

4. How does Kennedy characterize the difficult position of the elected official?

5. What trait of Adams ultimately caused him to suffer great disappointments?

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