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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. Whose prosecution by Attorney General Robert Kennedy caused the ire of Lyndon B. Johnson?
(a) J. Vincent Keoh.
(b) Eunice Kennedy.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) Bobby Baker.

2. ______________ was Irish, an ardent anti-Communist, and liked by the Kennedy family initially.
(a) Walter Reuther.
(b) Jimmy Hoffa.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

3. Who scared away most witnesses from testifying against him?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Walter Reuther.
(c) Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

4. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?
(a) Joe McCarthy's popularity.
(b) His inability to obtain indictments of the big players in labor and management corruption.
(c) Death of his brother.
(d) Violation of civil rights.

5. Who was President of the Teamsters Union?
(a) Walter Reuther.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) Jimmy Hoffa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the policy of diplomacy ascribed to by Robert and John Kennedy?

3. As Attorney General, what did Robert Kennedy become well known for?

4. Who did Robert Kennedy secretly negotiate a truce with that ended the Cuban missile crisis?

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

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