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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who said that courage is grace under pressure?

3. What traits indicate that Adams suffered common human emotions?

4. What was one argument Webster made for compromising on the question of slavery?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the book reflect John Kennedy's admiration for certain former U.S. Senators?

2. What advantages does Kennedy say John Quincey Adams had for political life?

3. Why was it so easy for him to go and live with the Indians?

4. Relate two important firsts for Senator Thomas Hart Benton.

5. What personal weakness does Kennedy point out about John Quincey Adams?

6. What interesting historical distinction did Adams and his father share in regards to their Presidencies?

7. What surprising victory did Houston win after being dismissed from the Senate?

8. What great stand did Webster take against the wishes of his abolitionist constituents?

9. How did Sen. Benton get his reputation as a fighter?

10. Discus the results of Benton's not voting for the annexation of Texas.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you think American history might have been completely different if Edmund Norris had voted against President Johnson?

Essay Topic 2

Write a two page paper on three people you believe should be in a future book on profiles in courage.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss in a paper why Sen. Norris' support for Al Smith for President might have been of special interest to Sen. John Kennedy.

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