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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Kennedy, what makes it difficult to recognize courageous acts when they do occur?
(a) Self interest that only looks like courage.
(b) Media bias one way or the other.
(c) The secrecy of most courageous acts.
(d) Business concerns and the competition for attention from the public.

2. What measure did Henry Clay enlist Webster to help with?
(a) Re-writing the Bill of Rights to include slavery.
(b) Clay's bid for re-election.
(c) Speaches warning about Abraham Lincoln's political ambitions.
(d) The Great Compromise of 1850.

3. What advantage did John Quincey Adams have as a politician?
(a) The confidence of coming from a strong political family.
(b) More education than experience.
(c) Ignorance of the Washington politics.
(d) More money than anyone else.

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

5. How does Kennedy characterize the difficult position of the elected official?
(a) Not being able to care about doing a good job.
(b) Walking on the moon.
(c) Walking in the difficult landscape of being elected by constituents.
(d) Being alone in the desert.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what conflict does Kennedy feel the most empathy?

3. Besides appearing to be disloyal to his father when he aligned himself with Jefferson's politics, what other problem arose for John Quincey Adams?

4. What do the subject of PROFILES IN COURAGE all have in common?

5. What leader who was at odds with Adams' father did John Quincey find himself agreeing with quite often?

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