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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. John Quincey Adams was a Senator from what state?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New York.
(d) Connecticutt.

3. Whom did the Adams family say that the magistrate must serve?
(a) His god.
(b) His party.
(c) His family.
(d) His people.

4. What is the example of some advice Kennedy received when he first became a Congressman?
(a) The way to get along is to go along.
(b) Follow the yellow brick road.
(c) The way to go is to make your own decisions.
(d) Listen and do what the majority are doing.

5. How did Daniel Webster describe and define himself?
(a) Not as a Massachusetts man but as an American.
(b) As a debator who loved to take any opposing view.
(c) As a free thinker opposed to the Union.
(d) As a citizen of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What view did Webster take that made him unpopular with abolitionists?

2. What is a particular problem on occasion when the electorate presents a desire to the elected official?

3. What occurred during a duel that gave Benton a reputation as something of a thug?

4. How did Webster's constituents view his stand on compromise with the slave states?

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

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