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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-38: Images; The Dilemma; the Decision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three organizations did Robert Kennedy enlist support from?
(a) UNICEF, World Bank, and IMF.
(b) Bureau of Narcotics, IRS, and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
(c) NRDC, EPA, and Security Commission.
(d) FBI, CIA, and Pentagon.

2. According to Robert Kennedy, what needed to be addressed in America to move forward peacefully?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Disease.
(c) Racial discord.
(d) Religious strife.

3. Who did John F. Kennedy run against in the 1960 presidential primary?
(a) Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa.
(b) Communists and Socialists.
(c) Joe McCarthy and Walter Reuther.
(d) Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey.

4. What did Robert Kennedy openly criticize about American policy in Vietnam?
(a) Inability to quickly win the war.
(b) Failure to hold negotiations and lack of reform in South Vietnam.
(c) Failure to overthrow the Communists.
(d) Lack of support from the locals.

5. Instead of bombing Vietnam, what did Robert Kennedy propose?
(a) Leaving.
(b) Negotiations.
(c) Ground troop attacks.
(d) Truce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy see on reservations in the 1960s?

2. Where were the problems of Latin America replicated in the 1960s?

3. What region of the world resented American interference to assist French armed forces?

4. What was one of Robert Kennedy's early disappointments with the Johnson administration?

5. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?

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