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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which problem did NOT arise for the Kennedy administration during 1961?
(a) Escalation of problems in Laos.
(b) Financial crisis.
(c) Bay of Pigs invasion.
(d) Arms race.

2. What was Kennedy in the process of doing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Winning the election for president.
(b) Serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
(c) Assembling an administration.
(d) Campaigning for president.

3. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?
(a) As a diversion from domestic problems.
(b) As a boon to the military contractors.
(c) As a gift to Asian allies.
(d) As a war against Communism.

4. What was Kennedy's relationship with the press during his presidential campaign?
(a) He had a number of hostile enemies in the press.
(b) He had a contentious relationship with the press.
(c) He had the support of most of the press.
(d) He had to quash a few stories that were critical to his campaign.

5. Whose input did the French and Americans ignore about Vietnam, in Halberstam's account?
(a) Generals.
(b) Diplomats.
(c) Lower-level officers.
(d) Military advisers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Halberstam say Lyndon Johnson felt in the Kennedy administration?

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

3. Whose theories had been used as the basis for expanded militarization in the late 1940s?

4. How did Kennedy's followers feel about Chester Bowles' ideas?

5. What did Kennedy ask Chester Bowles for advice on?

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