All the King's Men: Study Help: Quiz

1: In which state is All the King's Men set?

a. Louisiana

b. Georgia

c. Arkansas

d. The book doesn't specify

2: True or false: Willie Stark wins his first campaign for Governor.

a. True

b. False

3: Who is the "Scholarly Attorney"?

a. Willie Stark

b. Montague Irwin

c. Ellis Burden

d. Bryam White

4: Why does the idealistic young Willie Stark oppose giving J.H. Moore a contract to build a new schoolhouse?

a. Because Moore's company has been cited for producing poor-quality bricks.

b. Because Moore is a convicted felon.

c. Because Stark wants the contract to go to his brother-in-law's company.

d. Stark did not oppose giving Moore the contract.

5: What traumatic event did Jack Burden undergo at age 6?

a. His father died.

b. His father left.

c. His father beat him unconscious.

d. His father ran for Governor.

6: How does Willie change the minds of some legislators who supported Willie's impeachment?

a. By compromising on some of his own political positions.

b. By presenting proof of his innocence.

c. Through blackmail.

d. By promising favors in the future.

7: Why didn't Jack finish his dissertation on Cass Mastern?

a. He didn't have enough information.

b. He spent all his time playing cards and missed the deadline.

c. The library refused to give him access to the documents he needed.

d. He didn't understand Mastern's motives.

8: When they are first introduced, how do Anne and Adam feel about their father?

a. The look up to him.

b. They are glad he died.

c. They know that he was a horrible person in private.

d. They wish he was more like Willie.

9: Why did Anne Stanton refuse Jack's first proposal of marriage?

a. Because she wasn't in love with him.

b. Because she was already engaged to another man.

c. Because Jack lacked direction and ambition.

d. Because he lived in a lower-class family.

10: How does Judge Irwin die?

a. He shoots himself.

b. He is shot by a prisoner on parole.

c. He is struck by a car.

d. He is murdered by Stark's henchmen.

11: Who is Jack Burden's biological father?

a. Ellis Burden

b. Montague Irwin

c. Sam MacMurphree

d. Joel Stanton

12: Who kills Willie Stark?

a. Sugar-Boy O' Sheean

b. Gummy Larson

c. Adam Stanton

d. Marvin Frey

13: Which of the following events did not shock Jack Burden's perception of life and people?

a. Learning that Anne Stanton was Stark's mistress

b. Learning the Judge Irwin was his father

c. The death of Tom Stark

d. His mother's succession of husbands

14: What happens to the man who shot Willie Stark?

a. He is shot and killed by Sugar-Boy.

b. He escapes and is never seen again.

c. He spends the rest of his life in prison.

d. He is shot by police after a week-long man hunt.

15: One of the lst things Willie Stark says to Jack Burden is this: "It might have been all ______, Jack. . . . You got to believe that."

a. different

b. rigged

c. my fault

d. better

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