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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Webster view the Compromise of 1850 in terms of his anti-slavery convictions?
(a) He viewed it as a short-term compromise.
(b) He wanted to bring the prospect of Civil War to a head.
(c) He thought it would give him power to run for President.
(d) He believed that compromise would eventually lead to abolition.

3. 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 father-child relationship.
(d) A doctor-patient relationship.

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

5. To what does Kennedy ascribe as half the power of Webster?
(a) His political connections.
(b) His ability to make friends easily.
(c) His handsomeand commanding appearance.
(d) His outstanding education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an irony of Benton's opposition to the slave states?

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

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

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

5. How did Daniel Webster describe and define himself?

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