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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 prosecuted by the Attorney General Robert Kennedy for taking a bribe?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Eunice Kennedy.
(c) J. Vincent Keoh.
(d) George Wallace.

2. What apathetic division of the Justice department did Robert Kennedy try to change?
(a) The special services division.
(b) The anti-trust division.
(c) The social services division.
(d) The criminal justice division.

3. What party did Adlai Stevenson belong to?
(a) Republican.
(b) Independent.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Progressive.

4. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?
(a) Passage of a labor law with a secret ballot in union leadership elections.
(b) Demonstrating on behalf of Communists.
(c) Imprisoning Walter Reuther.
(d) Imprisoning Jimmy Hoffa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What organizations had numerous opponents to John Kennedy's foreign policy?

2. What change occurred in the Investigations Committee as a direct result of John F. Kennedy's Senate move?

3. Why did Robert Kennedy want to promote tough legislation through his role in the Senate?

4. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?

5. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?

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