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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 element of Sam Rayburn's personality was well known?
(a) His temper.
(b) His compassion.
(c) His sense of humor.
(d) His brooding.

2. What had really helped the people in Lyndon's district by this time?
(a) Expanding oil business.
(b) New ranching techniques.
(c) The New Deal.
(d) Minimum Wage Laws.

3. What utility is the topic in Chapter 27, "The Sad Irons"?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Oil.
(c) Gas.
(d) Water.

4. How did Lyndon make political inroads due to an untimely death of a colleague?
(a) He delivered the eulogy.
(b) He helped the colleague's family.
(c) He knew the colleague's assistant well.
(d) He completed the colleague's important work.

5. The woman in #136 was said to have been a/an ___________ princess.
(a) German.
(b) Viking.
(c) French.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it called when a campaign contributor siphoned money from more than one of his businesses to make a contribution?

2. What was the pace of the lifestyle on Capitol Hill?

3. How did Lyndon come to be known?

4. How did Lyndon get to meet FDR?

5. Who is the assistant that Lyndon gets appointed to a permanent position in a statewide agency?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Lyndon able to leverage his influence in the NYA?

2. What was Lyndon's level of support of the New Deal after he got out of the military?

3. Why was Alice Glass interested in Lyndon?

4. Even though the New Deal helped people in the Texas Hill Country, they still had problems. Name two examples of the challenges faced by people in this time.

5. How did FDR help to save Lyndon's political career regarding some inappropriate campaign funds issues?

6. How did Lyndon court important people to help him politically?

7. Who was Charles Marsh and what was Lyndon's professional relationship with him?

8. What were some of Sam Rayburn's physical and personality traits?

9. What particular ability did Lyndon have when it came to charming people?

10. Why was Lyndon perceived as being insincere?

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