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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) Dean Rusk.
(c) Chester Bowles.
(d) McGeorge Bundy.

3. How does Halberstam say Lyndon Johnson felt in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He felt like a teacher among his students.
(b) He felt like a relic of previous administrations.
(c) He felt like a socialist among capitalists.
(d) He felt like a midwesterner among East-coast men.

4. Which issue was NOT confronting the nation when the Kennedy administration took office?
(a) Reconstruction.
(b) Missiles.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) China policy.

5. On which issue does Halberstam say the military lost its battle with the White House?
(a) The use of napalm.
(b) The use of jets.
(c) The commitment of troops.
(d) Bombing in the north.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?

2. What does Halberstam say McNamara tried to do with his fact-finding missions to Vietnam?

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

4. Why did the Americans back down on demands for reform in Vietnam in 1962, in Halberstam's account?

5. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

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