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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurred during a duel that gave Benton a reputation as something of a thug?
(a) He killed a U. S. District Attorney.
(b) He rigged the other pistol so it wouldn't fire.
(c) He threw down his gun and beat the man with his fists.
(d) He had a sniper actually shoot the opponent.

2. In addition to being the first Senator from Missouri, what other first did Benton achieve?
(a) First Senator to change political parties.
(b) First politician to have a duel.
(c) First Senator to serve 30 years in the Senate.
(d) First politician to support Martin Van Buren.

3. In terms of service in office of both father and son, what similarity set them apart from presidents before and after them?
(a) Neither father nor son served out a full term in office.
(b) Both father and son served during wartime.
(c) Neither father nor son served a second term in office.
(d) Both father and son served three terms in office.

4. Why was John Quincey Adams generally unhappy?
(a) He never traveled abroad.
(b) He never felt he had accomplished enough.
(c) He never couold live up to his mother's expectations.
(d) He never married his childhood sweetheart.

5. How does Kennedy assess the failure of both Adams presidencies to produce second terms?
(a) Personalities that clased with everyone not of their religion.
(b) An unwillingness to compromise on mundane matters of politics.
(c) Unwillingness to campaign for a second term in office.
(d) Poor choices for their cabinet members.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Benton oppose the treaty of annexation of Texas?

2. What metaphor does Kennedy use to describe the relationship between the elected official and the electorate?

3. In PROFILES IN COURAGE, what does John F. Kennedy fear the American public has forgotten?

4. What advantage did John Quincey Adams have as a politician?

5. Who said that courage is grace under pressure?

(see the answer key)

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