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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 was the intent of the letters Lyndon wrote during his time on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee?
(a) Ask for votes.
(b) Raise funds.
(c) Support the President.
(d) Show appreciation.

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

3. Lyndon's first year at his post with Congressman Klerberg was which Congress?
(a) 39th.
(b) 72nd.
(c) 50th.
(d) 100th.

4. What was the predominant crop in the Texas Hill Country?
(a) Soybeans.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Corn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lyndon get to meet FDR?

2. Who were the members of the "lost generation"?

3. How did Lyndon's physical appearance change in the years between 1937 and 1941?

4. In what business did the person in #133 work?

5. With what woman did Lyndon become infatuated during this period?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Lyndon perceived as being insincere?

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

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

4. Why was Alice Glass interested in Lyndon?

5. Why was handling the mail such an important task for Lyndon while serving as Klerberg's secretary?

6. How did Lyndon get elected to Congress with only three percent of the votes?

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

8. Although Lyndon wrote letters in the DCCC trying to show humility, what was the underlying purpose of the missives?

9. What was Longlea and who presided over the estate?

10. What was the Little Congress and how did Lyndon revive it?

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