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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?
(a) He was going to continue them.
(b) He did not want to follow them.
(c) He was going to end them.
(d) He was going to improve on them.

2. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?
(a) Judiciary Committee.
(b) Foreign Relations Committee.
(c) Banking and Finance Committee.
(d) Military Affairs Committee.

3. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?
(a) A bright new talent.
(b) A link to previous administrations.
(c) A connection with the opposition.
(d) A brilliant theoretical thinker.

4. What had Robert Lovett been before entering government?
(a) An investment banker.
(b) A career military officer.
(c) An insurance salesman.
(d) An automobile executive.

5. Where does the book open?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Kennedy's family home in Massachusetts.
(c) Kennedy's Georgetown townhouse.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?

2. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?

3. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?

4. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to J. William Fulbright?

5. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?

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