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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-29: Corridors of Grief; Stranger in a Strange Land; The Vice Presidency; To the Senate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was paranoid about losing the election in 1964?
(a) Robert Brown.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

2. Who placed nuclear missiles on Cuban soil in the 1960s?
(a) Soviet President Khrushchev.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

3. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?
(a) Through investigative hearings.
(b) Through hard facts.
(c) Through forced imprisonment.
(d) Through innuendos and associations.

4. Which issue did Robert Kennedy think posed the greatest threat facing the nation?
(a) Organized crime.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Communism.
(d) Narcotics.

5. How did the American government sully its reputation abroad during the 1960s?
(a) By refusing to engage in war.
(b) By refusing to compromise beliefs.
(c) By advocating democracy.
(d) By offering aid to despotic governments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?

2. Whose prosecution by Attorney General Robert Kennedy caused the ire of Lyndon B. Johnson?

3. What was Robert Kennedy's margin when he won a Senate seat in New York?

4. What did Robert Kennedy find about the comparative treatment of individuals in the court system?

5. What were the two major issues surrounding the John F. Kennedy bid for the presidency?

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