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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What rule does Halberstam say Kennedy was following in trying to appoint a Secretary of State?
(a) Someone who had not made many mistakes or offended too many people.
(b) Someone who had a strong intuition.
(c) Someone who didn't look back at bad decisions, but plowed ahead.
(d) Someone who had learned from his mistakes and had diplomatic experience.

3. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?
(a) Since 1954.
(b) Since 1946.
(c) Since 1931.
(d) Since 1941.

4. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?
(a) In the 1960 campaign.
(b) When he first entered politics.
(c) In his race for Senate.
(d) During the Cuban Missile Crisis.

5. What position did the Kennedy administration take with regard to nuclear disarmament?
(a) Kennedy wanted to reduce the number of nuclear weapons to a reasonable number.
(b) Kennedy wanted to eliminate nuclear weapons altogether.
(c) Kennedy wanted to show Kruschev that he was tough.
(d) Kennedy wanted to make sure that the U.S. and Russia had comparable arsenals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kennedy in the process of doing at the beginning of the book?

2. Why was Chester Bowles assigned to a different position?

3. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?

4. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?

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

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