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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Webster's justification for accepting political gifts and money?
(a) He shared the gifts with other Senators and Congressmen.
(b) He published his gifts in the newspaper.
(c) He used everything he collected for his favorite charities.
(d) He considered them gifts from God and from voters or constituents who Webster believed were created in God's image.

2. Who said that courage is grace under pressure?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) Bret Hart.
(d) Jesus Christ.

3. What is a constant that an elected official must understand?
(a) He or she will never hear from the constituency until election day.
(b) That once elected, the official is no longer responsible to the constituency.
(c) The media will not report anything the elected official does not want made public.
(d) He or she is under scrutiny by the constituency.

4. What was one argument Webster made for compromising on the question of slavery?
(a) Northerns would be able to have slaves legally.
(b) Slavery would eventually dry up because there were fewer traders.
(c) World opinion would eventually settle the question.
(d) If the Union divided, slavery might even become stronger in the Southern states.

5. What were Benton's most effective weapons as a fighter?
(a) Guns and canons.
(b) Knives and bull whips.
(c) Wit and sarcasm.
(d) Friends and relatives.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was so strange about Henry Clay's enlisting Webster in his cause for compromise?

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

5. How did Benton urge support for expansion to the West?

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