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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 39-41: The Journey Begins; The Long Day Wanes; To Sail Beyond...the Western Stars, Until I Die.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did some Americans believe that staying in Vietnam was important?
(a) To prevent the spread of Communism.
(b) To win the popular vote.
(c) To build bigger American corporations.
(d) To stop civil war in America.

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

4. Which segment of the American population began to support Robert Kennedy's view of the war in 1967?
(a) Richest Americans.
(b) Ivy League graduates.
(c) Poorest Americans.
(d) Middle class.

5. What did Robert Kennedy find unbearable in the 1960s?
(a) The court system.
(b) Injustices in American society.
(c) The political system.
(d) The health care system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did people in America who opposed military action in Vietnam say about the developing conflict in the 1960s?

2. What was the policy of diplomacy ascribed to by Robert and John Kennedy?

3. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?

4. Where did Robert Kennedy research poverty?

5. Where did Robert Kennedy stay in California during the 1968 primary?

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