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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a particular problem on occasion when the electorate presents a desire to the elected official?
(a) What they want is not fair to fixed income people.
(b) What they want they are not willing to help pay for.
(c) What they want may not in the long run be good for the constituency.
(d) What they want is not clear to the elected official.

2. Besides the Texas territory which Benton opposed, what other one did he support against his party's stand?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Oregon.
(c) California.
(d) Montana.

3. Of the 54 Senator in Congress, how many were openly opposed to the impeachment?
(a) Thirty-six radical Republicans.
(b) Six Republicans and twelve Democrats.
(c) About half of the Republicans and all of the Democrats.
(d) Only the twelve Democrats in the Senate.

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

5. Why did Thomas Hart Benton get the nickname of Old Bullion?
(a) His greed for money.
(b) His silver mines in Missouri.
(c) His advocacy for hard currency.
(d) His gold plated sign on his office door.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Houston ran away from home in his childhood, where did he go?

3. Did Norris always oppose President Wilson's measures?

4. What Speaker of the House did Norris oppose to the chagrin of his party?

5. What metaphoric comparison does Kennedy make to John Quincey Adams' Puritanism?

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