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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Daniel Webster known for during his lifetime?
(a) As a squeaky voiced speaker.
(b) As a politician who opposed any kind of compromise.
(c) As a particularly eloquent speaker.
(d) As a writer of fiction.

2. What metaphoric comparison does Kennedy make to John Quincey Adams' Puritanism?
(a) A conflict of interests.
(b) A mighty ship in a storm.
(c) Kennedy's Catholicism.
(d) The east coast, craggy, rocky, somber and strong.

3. What was so strange about Henry Clay's enlisting Webster in his cause for compromise?
(a) Clay was a republican and Webster was an independent.
(b) Clay had always opposed Webster in the Senate before.
(c) Webster had given many speeches opposing Henry Clay.
(d) Clay was from the South and Webster was from the North.

4. Kennedy sees as a weakness in John Quincey Adams an emotional attachment to whom?
(a) His religious congregational members.
(b) His college friends and professors.
(c) His parents and God.
(d) His wife and his mistress.

5. In spite of John Quincey Adams' clarity and political courage, what life-long need did he have?
(a) Unwavering popularity among the people.
(b) The approval of his father and mother.
(c) A personal fortune so he was not dependent on the voters.
(d) The visible justification of God.

Short Answer Questions

1. In PROFILES IN COURAGE, what does John F. Kennedy fear the American public has forgotten?

2. What trait of Adams ultimately caused him to suffer great disappointments?

3. What was the dichotomy concerning John Quincey Adams' father?

4. What is Kennedy's third pressure that he feels is the most damaging?

5. John Quincey Adams was a Senator from what state?

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