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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34-35: Time of Troubles; Tribune of the Underclass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy think was the source of all the nation's ills?
(a) Disease.
(b) Religious feuds.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Poverty.

2. Under what president had the Pentagon grown very popular prior to John Kennedy assuming office?
(a) Carter.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Taft.
(d) Roosevelt.

3. What did staunch conservatives want John F. Kennedy to do regarding foreign policy?
(a) Step down.
(b) Offer a peaceful treaty to Soviet Union.
(c) Offer a strong military response to Communism.
(d) Concede defeat to anarchists.

4. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?
(a) He had five children.
(b) His family had all died in the war.
(c) He did not have a family.
(d) His wife was pregnant with their first child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Robert Kennedy turn to guide him through agricultural areas in the late 1960s and to understand how people lived?

2. What did Robert Kennedy vehemently oppose as it escalated by 1967?

3. What did the CIA attempt to do to Fidel Castro and failed?

4. What was a difficult decision that the Attorney General Robert Kennedy faced during judicial prosecutions?

5. With whom did Robert Kennedy travel in the 1950s to the Soviet Union?

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