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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22: The Kennedys and the Cold War; the CIA and Counterinsurgency; The Cuban Connection: I; Robert Kennedy and the Missile Crisis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Robert Kennedy secretly negotiate a truce with that ended the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) Hoover and Castro.
(b) Dobrynin and Bolshakov.
(c) Castro and McCarthy.
(d) Stalin and Khruschev.

2. As Attorney General, what did Robert Kennedy become well known for?
(a) Cowardice.
(b) High expectations and ideals.
(c) Ruthlessness.
(d) Ineptitude.

3. Who did Robert Kennedy work within New York to build a model community program?
(a) Bobby Barkeley.
(b) David Hackett.
(c) William Orrick.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Robert Kennedy appoint to investigate anti-trust violations?

2. What was one of the first actions taken by the new Attorney General for the Kennedy administration?

3. What discouraged Robert Kennedy during his work in the Justice Department?

4. What apathetic division of the Justice department did Robert Kennedy try to change?

5. What was American policy in the emerging nations of Asia and Africa?

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