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

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

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

4. What did Johnson want to use Robert Kennedy for?
(a) To win over Southern conservatives.
(b) To fight the war in Vietnam.
(c) To draft civil rights legislature.
(d) To win over Southern Baptists.

5. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the Teamsters Union's president?
(a) Hoffa was involved with organized crime.
(b) The president started anarchist demonstrations.
(c) The president went to Vietnam to raise civil unrest.
(d) The president was responsible for the assassination of diplomats.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the American government sully its reputation abroad during the 1960s?

2. Who was the first Black justice official appointed by the Attorney General?

3. What was on the mind of Americans when John Kennedy was elected as President?

4. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?

5. Which issue did Robert Kennedy think posed the greatest threat facing the nation?

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