The Age of Innocence

11 How did presidential candidate William McKinley convert Frank Nixon, the president's father and previously a confirmed Democrat, to confirmed Republicanism?

12 During the Teapot Dome scandal, what did 12-year-old Richard Nixon tell his mother, Hannah, he had decided to become?

13 What is a "Quaker Compromise?"

14 What did Nixon do when he was afraid he was going to lose his scholarship as a first-year law student at Duke?

15 What happened when Nixon, fresh out of law school, applied for a job at the FBI?

16 Why did Nixon's first corporation, Citra-Frost, fail?

17 What was his mother's analysis of this failure?

18 How many colors did Nixon say he turned when "this good-looking girl, beautiful really," so he could handle her divorce case?

19 How many medals did Nixon say he probably deserved for his role as a supply officer in World War II?

20 What did Richard Nixon propose to Patricia Ryan on their first date, and what was her answer?

The End of Innocence

21 How does Nixon say he got into politics?

22 How do most other historians describe this incident?

23 During the 1946 campaign, several housewives reported receiving anonymous phone calls. What was their message?