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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Johnson compare his Great Society programs with at the beginning of "Things Go Wrong"?
(a) Beautiful woman.
(b) A massive snowball.
(c) A king.
(d) A benevolent uncle.

2. Where was President Kennedy assassinated?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. What role did Robert Kennedy fill under the Johnson Administration?
(a) Labor Secretary.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Supreme Court Justice.
(d) Secretary of State.

4. Who was Eugene McCarthy?
(a) Democratic Senator who opposed Johnson in the primaries.
(b) Singer.
(c) Author.
(d) White House Aid.

5. What did Johnson ask each member of Kennedy's cabinet after Kennedy's assassination?
(a) To leave at the beginning of the new year.
(b) To leave so he could put in his own staff.
(c) To give an oath of secrecy.
(d) To stay on out of loyalty to Kennedy.

6. What job did Robert McNamara take in 1967?
(a) Senator.
(b) Curator of Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(c) Directorship of the World Bank.
(d) Supreme Court Justice.

7. How many social programs were created under Johnson's leadership between 1965 and 1968?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eighty.

8. What did Johnson call Robert Kennedy in "The Withdrawal"?
(a) Confused.
(b) A good choice for President.
(c) His worst nightmare.
(d) His closest adviser.

9. How many points did Johnson's approval rating drop between 1966 and 1968?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Thirty-six.
(d) Twenty.

10. What kind of popular majority did Johnson win in 1964?
(a) Greatest ever.
(b) Smallest ever.
(c) Equal to Roosevelt.
(d) Less than Kennedy.

11. What did Johnson take control of with each department during his first elected term as President?
(a) Cultural events.
(b) Dress code.
(c) Restaurant choices.
(d) Budget and staffing.

12. What 1960s movie did the author watch with Johnson at his ranch in Texas that Johnson disliked?
(a) The Graduate.
(b) Cool Hand Luke.
(c) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
(d) Bonnie and Clyde.

13. What two Great Society programs does the author say "succeeded admirably in achieving their objectives"?
(a) Federal aid to education.
(b) Model Cities.
(c) Medicare and voting rights.
(d) Community action.

14. What legislation passed on August 20, 1964?
(a) Economic Opportunity Act.
(b) The Poverty Reduction Act.
(c) Massive tax cut.
(d) Education reform.

15. Who did Johnson choose to be his Vice President in the 1964 Presidential election?
(a) John Stevenson.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) William Fulbright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tet mean in Vietnamese?

2. What did Johnson ask of Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois in "The Transition Year"?

3. Why did Johnson avoid meetings with the National Security Council in "Under Siege in the White House"?

4. Where did Johnson announce his withdrawal as a candidate for President?

5. What country was Ho Chi Minh the leader of in 1965?

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