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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

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 were all Democrats.
(c) They all served as U. S. Senators.
(d) They were all Republicans.

2. Why was John Quincey Adams generally unhappy?
(a) He never felt he had accomplished enough.
(b) He never traveled abroad.
(c) He never married his childhood sweetheart.
(d) He never couold live up to his mother's expectations.

3. Why was Webster not bothered by what many would consider as bribes?
(a) He never let that happen to him.
(b) He felt he was entitled to extra benefits for his service to the Union.
(c) The moral question of accepting money and gifts for Webster was not an issue for him.
(d) He accepted money and gifts but always did only what he thought was right.

4. In terms of service in office of both father and son, what similarity set them apart from presidents before and after them?
(a) Neither father nor son served a second term in office.
(b) Neither father nor son served out a full term in office.
(c) Both father and son served three terms in office.
(d) Both father and son served during wartime.

5. What was Webster's justification for accepting political gifts and money?
(a) He published his gifts in the newspaper.
(b) He used everything he collected for his favorite charities.
(c) He shared the gifts with other Senators and Congressmen.
(d) He considered them gifts from God and from voters or constituents who Webster believed were created in God's image.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Webster speech in the Senate became known by the date it was given?

2. What effect did Webster's three-hour-long speech in the Senate have in 1850?

3. According to Kennedy, what makes it difficult to recognize courageous acts when they do occur?

4. What does Kennedy suggest prevents a lot of people from acting courageously?

5. What metaphor does Kennedy use to describe the relationship between the elected official and the electorate?

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