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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. Whose Senate campaign did Robert Kennedy manage?
(a) Margaret Eunice.
(b) Kathleen McAllister.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Rose Hoover.

2. What American policy change instigated by the Johnson administration did Robert Kennedy oppose in Latin America?
(a) Withholding aid unless American corporations were given advantages.
(b) Installing puppet regimes.
(c) Removing dictators.
(d) Fighting with revolutionaries.

3. What two issues did Robert Kennedy choose to address from 1963 onwards?
(a) Murder and disenfranchisement.
(b) Destitution and rape.
(c) Juvenile delinquency and crime.
(d) Poverty and civil rights.

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

5. What did Robert Kennedy study at Harvard?
(a) International business.
(b) History.
(c) Constitutional law.
(d) E-commerce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wanted to immediately take action to retaliate against the placement of missiles in Cuba?

2. Who led the United Automobile Workers (UAW)?

3. When Robert Kennedy was assassinated in 1968, where was he going?

4. Why did some Americans believe that staying in Vietnam was important?

5. After the landmark anti-trust case, what distinction occurred between the two political parties?

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