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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Robert Lovett demur about being appointed in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He had health problems.
(b) He was in financial trouble.
(c) He did not like Kennedy.
(d) He was newly a father.

2. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?
(a) Bundy was too old and conservative.
(b) Bundy was a Republican and too young.
(c) Bundy had a reputation for saying damaging things off the cuff.
(d) Bundy did not have the support of the Jews.

3. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Undersecretary of State.

4. Whom did Kennedy want to act as Secretary of State?
(a) He was going to act as his own Secretary of State.
(b) Chester Bowles.
(c) He was going to abolish the position of Secretary of State.
(d) Adlai Stevenson.

5. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?
(a) Old guard.
(b) The new breed.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) Businessmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?

2. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt in the Kennedy administration?

3. Where does the book open?

4. What did Chester Bowles think was the most important issue to confront?

5. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?

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