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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Webster a leader in the North prior to the Civil War?
(a) He had strong views against slavery.
(b) He could out talk his opponents.
(c) He knew all the words in the dictionary.
(d) He was older than any other politician.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kennedy see as Webster's moral flaw?

2. What is a constant that an elected official must understand?

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

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

5. What was Daniel Webster known for during his lifetime?

(see the answer key)

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