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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kennedy see as Webster's moral flaw?
(a) Webster was an alcoholic and often lost track of time.
(b) Webster had many affairs his wife did not know about.
(c) Webster had no compunction against taking money for political favors.
(d) Webster was a compulsive gambler.

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

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?
(a) He was forced to change political parties and lose his seniority.
(b) He lost his political influence for many months.
(c) His mother becaue distraught that her son and husband did not agree.
(d) Disillusionment of his party when he broke with them and voted with Jefferson.

4. 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 different from other politicians.
(d) The need to be right all the time.

5. 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) The way to go is to make your own decisions.
(c) Listen and do what the majority are doing.
(d) Follow the yellow brick road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage do minority special interest groups have to influence elected officials?

2. To what does Kennedy ascribe as half the power of Webster?

3. In addition to being the first Senator from Missouri, what other first did Benton achieve?

4. What was one of Benton's favorite sayings about himself?

5. Who suggested that Senators were vulgar demagogues?

(see the answer key)

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