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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first son of a former president to become president of the U.S.?
(a) Andrew Jefferson.
(b) Thomas Alva Edison.
(c) Geroge Washington Carver.
(d) John Quincey Adams.

2. What issue caused Benton finally to begin losing popularity in Missouri?
(a) The Missouri voters became ashamed of Benton's rough behavior.
(b) Benton refused to own slaves.
(c) The Missouri voters felt allied to the South but Benton supported the Union.
(d) Benton had too many duels.

3. Who served as the Governor of Tennessee and later as Senator from the State of Texas?
(a) Stephen A. Austin.
(b) Thomas Hart Benton.
(c) Henry Calhoun.
(d) Sam Houston.

4. How was Benton's behavior different when he was with his family from when he was involved in politics?
(a) He was easy on political opponents and harsh on his family.
(b) He held his family by fear.
(c) He was always warm and gentle around his family.
(d) He hid his wife's mental illness from the public.

5. Although thought of as a crazy politician, what did John F. Kennedy see as a mark of courage in the man?
(a) His stance on big government over states' rights.
(b) He would do what he thought was right regardless of his party or his popularity.
(c) He would do whatever was necessary to get re-elected.
(d) He would stand up in the Senate without a gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did one reporter categorize elected officials?

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

3. What is the irony of Houston's defending the Northerner's rights to abolition?

4. What do the subject of PROFILES IN COURAGE all have in common?

5. For what conflict does Kennedy feel the most empathy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kennedy point out as a moral flaw in Daniel Webster?

2. What great stand did Webster take against the wishes of his abolitionist constituents?

3. What does Kennedy have to say about political organizations that have the time and resources to mount letter writing campaigns?

4. What does Kennedy point out as interesting about letter John Quincey wrote at ages nine and forty-five?

5. Write down the epithet that testified to the intelligence of Thomas Hart Benton.

6. What advice was Kennedy given when he first went to Congress?

7. Why was it so easy for him to go and live with the Indians?

8. If Webster's popularity was an asset, how does Kennedy point out that it was also a liability?

9. What metaphor does Kennedy use illustrating the elected official and constituency relationship?

10. Describe Benton's leaving Tennessee early in his life.

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