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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. Where did Benton say he's rather see the Democratic Party rather than give one inch to Mr. Van Buren?
(a) 50 fathoms deep into the middle of hell fire.
(b) Out of politics altogether.
(c) A thousand miles north of the Mason Dixon Line.
(d) Right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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

3. Which of the following public offices did John Quincey Adams NOT hold?
(a) Congressman.
(b) Senator.
(c) President.
(d) Supreme Court Justice.

4. What was one of Benton's favorite sayings about himself?
(a) Benton always knows what is right.
(b) Benton will never compromise.
(c) Benton is a bull in a china shop.
(d) Benton and Democracy are one and the same.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what prestigious university did Adams once work as a professor?

2. Whom did the Adams family say that the magistrate must serve?

3. What is ironic about Houston as an Indian fighter?

4. Kennedy sees as a weakness in John Quincey Adams an emotional attachment to whom?

5. Who served as the Governor of Tennessee and later as Senator from the State of Texas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What caused Houston to resign as governor of Tennessee and go live with the Indians?

5. What personal weakness does Kennedy point out about John Quincey Adams?

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

7. What was the irony of John Quincey's taking sides with Jefferson against his father?

8. What interesting historical distinction did Adams and his father share in regards to their Presidencies?

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

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

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