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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-29: Corridors of Grief; Stranger in a Strange Land; The Vice Presidency; To the Senate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was paranoid about losing the election in 1964?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Robert Brown.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

2. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?
(a) Attorney General and President.
(b) Civil unions and health care.
(c) National defense and civil rights.
(d) State and municipal.

3. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?
(a) Unfair labor practices.
(b) Communist demonstrations.
(c) The worker strike against Kohler plumbing.
(d) Bargaining on behalf of the company.

4. What was on the mind of Americans when John Kennedy was elected as President?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Post-industrial boom.
(c) Cold War.
(d) World War II.

5. What favorite activity of Hoover's did Kennedy severely limit?
(a) Investigative reporting.
(b) Forced imprisonment.
(c) Concentration camps.
(d) Wiretapping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose prosecution by Attorney General Robert Kennedy caused the ire of Lyndon B. Johnson?

2. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?

3. What did Robert Kennedy think was the source of all the nation's ills?

4. Under what president had the Pentagon grown very popular prior to John Kennedy assuming office?

5. Who was a staunch Democrat in an era of Republican dominance?

(see the answer key)

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