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How much do you know about First Lady Hillary Clinton?

1. Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she grew up in a family that looked like it came from what popular 1950s sitcom?
"Leave It To Beaver"
"Father Knows Best"
"I Love Lucy"
"The Howdy-Doody Show"


2. When did Ms. Clinton make the following statement? "We're not interested in social reconstruction; it's human reconstruction."
At the 1992 Democratic Convention
At a 1973 board meeting of the Children's Defense Fund
At her 1969 Wellsley College graduation address
At a 1996 campaign stop in Ithaca, New York


3. Of what job did Hillary Clinton say "Never have I been prouder to be a lawyer and to be an American. . ."?
Her work as head of the 1993 President's Task Force on Health Care Reform
Her work as chairperson of the Children's Defense Fund board of directors
Her work as assistant professor at the University of Arkansas Law School
Her work as staff counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during Watergate


4. What step did Hillary Rodham take to improve voter perceptions of her husband during the 1982 Arkansas gubenatorial campaign?
She promised to hold more teas in the Governor's Mansion
She worked to end the Clinton investment in Whitewater
She changed her last name to Clinton, and used her maiden name only in her work as a lawyer
She worked to create a legal-aid society at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville


5. While running for president in 1992, what slogan did Bill Clinton use to include Hillary Clinton in the idea of a Clinton presidency?
"Two for the price of one!"
"In with the new, out with the old!"
"Don't stop thinking about tomorrow!"
"America's future belongs to women!"


6. During the 1992 campaign, Mrs. Clinton remarked that she had chosen to have a career as a lawyer rather than which of the following activities?
Stay at home, bake cookies and have tea parties
Run a Meals-on-Wheels program in Little Rock, Arkansas
Become an artist and travel the world
Join the Peace Corps


7. True or False: As head of the Presidential Task Force on Health Care Reform, Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed levying a 45 percent tax on retail tobacco products to fund a new national health care program.
True
False


8. As part of what political scandal did the Senate Whitewater committee look into whether Hillary Clinton had attempted to conceal certain White House records?
Travelgate
The Vince Foster suicide
The campaign finance scandal
The Monica Lewinsky scandal


9. In a January 1998 NBC interview, Mrs. Clinton charged that the uproar over Monica Lewinsky was the result of what?
President Clinton's "poor judgement"
The media's "debilitating hunger for sex scandals"
A "vast, right-wing conspiracy"
A "critical lapse" in White House security


10. Hillary Clinton was riding high in public opinion polls by the time the House Judiciary Committee began to consider articles of impeachment for President Clinton in late 1998. How high did Mrs. Clinton's approval ratings stand by the November mid-term elections?
40 percent
70 percent
15 percent
54 percent





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