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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. What do the subject of PROFILES IN COURAGE all have in common?
(a) They all lost elections and then won them the next time.
(b) They all served as U. S. Senators.
(c) They were all Republicans.
(d) They were all Democrats.

2. 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 hid his wife's mental illness from the public.
(c) He was always warm and gentle around his family.
(d) He held his family by fear.

3. What trait of Adams ultimately caused him to suffer great disappointments?
(a) His uncompromising religion.
(b) His ability to manipulate his father.
(c) His superior attitude toward other politician.
(d) His willingness to change positions when expedient.

4. What does Kennedy suggest prevents a lot of people from acting courageously?
(a) Fear of the unknown.
(b) Not enough education about courage.
(c) Social and public pressures.
(d) Averice and greed.

5. What metaphoric comparison does Kennedy make to John Quincey Adams' Puritanism?
(a) The east coast, craggy, rocky, somber and strong.
(b) Kennedy's Catholicism.
(c) A mighty ship in a storm.
(d) A conflict of interests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the dichotomy concerning John Quincey Adams' father?

2. Why was Webster not bothered by what many would consider as bribes?

3. What two bills did Houston support that made him unpopular in the South?

4. Besides the Texas territory which Benton opposed, what other one did he support against his party's stand?

5. What was it about Benton that inspired the approval of his Missouri constituency?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Relate two important firsts for Senator Thomas Hart Benton.

3. What are the three pressures Kennedy identifies for any elected official?

4. Why was John Quincey Adams' relationship with Thomas Jefferson so strange?

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

6. Discus the results of Benton's not voting for the annexation of Texas.

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

8. What surprising victory did Houston win after being dismissed from the Senate?

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

10. How did Sen. Benton get his reputation as a fighter?

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