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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How is Dolph Pillsbury connected to the troubles with the brick kiln?
(a) Pillsbury is a major investor in the kiln business.
(b) Pillsbury used to make bricks for the kiln company.
(c) Pillsbury's brother-in-law owns the kiln and Pillsbury is suspected of getting kickbacks on the school job.
(d) Pillsbury used to do the accounting for the kiln company.
2. Who is Mortimer L. Littlepaugh?
(a) President of the Civil Liberties Union
(b) Dean of the University of Mississippi
(c) CEO of BellSouth
(d) Attorney for the American Electric Power Company
3. What leads Jack to believe that Judge Irwin got a huge influx of cash at some point?
(a) The judge refurnishes his home in antiques.
(b) The judge pays off his $44,000 mortgage in 1914.
(c) The judge buys priceless art.
(d) The judge builds a brand new home.
4. What does Jack discover about the wealth of Judge Irwin's second wife?
(a) She is very frugal and dies with most of her money untouched.
(b) She invests well and becomes an even wealthier woman.
(c) She had cut the judge out of her will.
(d) She had been left a lot of money but spent it by the time she married the judge.
5. What is the situation regarding a brick kiln and the bricks Moore would use on the awarded job?
(a) The kiln is located in another state and there are tax issues.
(b) The brick kiln cannot produce the amount of bricks needed to meet the deadline.
(c) There had been a lawsuit about the inferior quality of the bricks.
(d) The brick kiln cannot produce the correct color of bricks for the school.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Willie Stark's job when Jack Burden first meets him?
2. Why will Tiny Duffy not help Willie improve his dreadful campaign speeches?
3. What happens when Willie runs for the governorship in 1930?
4. What do Jack and Judge Irwin make while Jack is growing up?
5. Who do the city commissioners want to get the contract?
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