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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kennedy suggest prevents a lot of people from acting courageously?
(a) Averice and greed.
(b) Fear of the unknown.
(c) Social and public pressures.
(d) Not enough education about courage.

2. What metaphor does Kennedy use to describe the relationship between the elected official and the electorate?
(a) A father-child relationship.
(b) A coach-team relationship.
(c) A doctor-patient relationship.
(d) A lawyer-client relationship.

3. What is the first pressure of Americans that keeps them from acting courageously according to Kennedy?
(a) The need to raise campaign money.
(b) The need to be well liked.
(c) The need to be right all the time.
(d) The need to be different from other politicians.

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

5. What is another difficult situation for an elected official besides the interests of the nation and those of the constituency?
(a) Party pressure to vote the party line.
(b) National opinion polls.
(c) Political differences within the official's own family.
(d) Presidential arm twisting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In spite of John Quincey Adams' clarity and political courage, what life-long need did he have?

2. John Quincey Adams' mother was fond of saying John had been groomed to do what?

3. What was the dichotomy concerning John Quincey Adams' father?

4. Which of the following public offices did John Quincey Adams NOT hold?

5. What traits indicate that Adams suffered common human emotions?

(see the answer key)

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