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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is another difficult situation for an elected official besides the interests of the nation and those of the constituency?
(a) Presidential arm twisting.
(b) Political differences within the official's own family.
(c) National opinion polls.
(d) Party pressure to vote the party line.

3. What Speaker of the House did Norris oppose to the chagrin of his party?
(a) Joe Cannon.
(b) Walter Smith.
(c) John Dalzell.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

4. For what prestigious university did Adams once work as a professor?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Dartmouth.
(d) Princeton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kennedy assess the failure of both Adams presidencies to produce second terms?

2. What book did Lamar later say was the first one ever put into his hands to read?

3. How many votes were needed to convict the President?

4. To whom was Ross compared in a Kansas newspaper editorial?

5. Which of the following public offices did John Quincey Adams NOT hold?

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