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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who moved in a direction independent of the Soviet Union following the release of American prisoners in Cuba?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

2. Who began to study the migrant poor in America in the late 1960s?
(a) Cesar Chavez.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) Donald Trump.
(d) Herbert Humphrey.

3. What relationship continued to deteriorate in 1964?
(a) Between Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert Kennedy.
(b) Between Hoover and Hoffa.
(c) Between Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Between Robert Kennedy and Herbert Hoover.

4. What operation launched by the CIA in Cuba also met with disastrous results?
(a) Operation Mongoose.
(b) Bay of Pigs.
(c) Fidel Capture.
(d) Khruschev Initiative.

5. Who failed to ask enough questions as a political leader during the insurgency in Vietnam?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) President Johnson.
(d) Cabot Lodge.

6. What two issues did Robert Kennedy choose to address from 1963 onwards?
(a) Juvenile delinquency and crime.
(b) Murder and disenfranchisement.
(c) Destitution and rape.
(d) Poverty and civil rights.

7. Whose administration was falling apart as the war in Vietnam continued to rage in 1967?
(a) Robert Kennedy's.
(b) Johnson's.
(c) John Kennedy's.
(d) Eisenhower's.

8. What did Kennedy's studies of slum squalor in America during the 1960s reveal?
(a) Destitution of migrant workers.
(b) Violence and anger of poor families living in condemned buildings.
(c) Lack of sanitation.
(d) Lack of rights for most Americans.

9. What happened to John Kennedy in Texas in November 1963?
(a) He won an election.
(b) He got a degree.
(c) He was assassinated.
(d) He began a war.

10. Who launched a successful attack against American forces in Vietnam?
(a) Ho Chi Minh.
(b) North Vietnamese and Viet Cong.
(c) Communist forces of China.
(d) Communist forces of General Nguyen.

11. What did Robert Kennedy warn against in Latin America when Johnson became President?
(a) The decline of Castro.
(b) The growth of Communism.
(c) The violent revolution sponsored by the Johnson administration.
(d) The popularity of oligarchical leaders.

12. What did Robert Kennedy see on reservations in the 1960s?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Large casinos.
(d) Industry.

13. Who was the hated dictator in former Indochina in the 1960s?
(a) Ho Chi Minh.
(b) Saigon.
(c) Diem.
(d) Laos.

14. What incident occurred in 1968 in Vietnam that antagonized public opinion toward Johnson?
(a) Division of Vietnam into North and South Vietnam.
(b) Murder of Joe McCarthy.
(c) Arrival of Soviet troops in Miami.
(d) Tet Offensive.

15. What did many Democrats want Robert Kennedy to do in 1964?
(a) Give up his Senate seat.
(b) Resign his cabinet post.
(c) Run for vice-president.
(d) Declare bankruptcy.

Short Answer Questions

1. After riots in 1967, where did President Johnson's focus shift?

2. What military initiative served to make a new political candidate popular?

3. What did Robert Kennedy call the shame of poverty?

4. Who signed a limited test ban treaty in 1963?

5. How did Robert Kennedy secure the release American prisoners in the early 1960s?

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