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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 39-41: The Journey Begins; The Long Day Wanes; To Sail Beyond...the Western Stars, Until I Die.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the CIA attempt to do to Fidel Castro and failed?
(a) Educate him.
(b) Promote him.
(c) Assassinate him.
(d) Win him over.

2. Who was exempted from the mandatory 70-year old retirement in 1964?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Brown.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Hoover.

3. What did people in America who opposed military action in Vietnam say about the developing conflict in the 1960s?
(a) That it was important to stop to prevent the spread of Communism.
(b) That it was a strategic location to fight the Soviet Union from.
(c) That it caused civil unrest at home.
(d) That it was a civil war that did not involve the U.S.

4. What disastrous incident failed miserably in Cuba and resulted in the death of numerous invading troops?
(a) Port de Santiago.
(b) Hasta Luego.
(c) Bay of Pigs.
(d) Capturing the citadel.

5. When Robert Kennedy announced his Presidential candidacy in 1968, what happened within his own party?
(a) It merged with the Socialist party.
(b) He won everyone over to his side.
(c) It broke up.
(d) He ran against the incumbent who was from the same party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was assassinated in 1968, affecting all political candidates?

2. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?

3. What conclusion did Robert Kennedy come to after his Latin American trip?

4. Who entered into the race for the 1968 Democratic nomination as Vice President as he was entitled?

5. What did Robert Kennedy see on reservations in the 1960s?

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