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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?
(a) Pentagon.
(b) CIA.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) FBI.

3. Which son died in an explosion over France during the 1950s?
(a) Joe Jr.
(b) Patrick F.
(c) Robert F.
(d) John F.

4. Which issue did Robert Kennedy think posed the greatest threat facing the nation?
(a) Organized crime.
(b) Communism.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) Narcotics.

5. What did Robert Kennedy find was a frequent result of poverty?
(a) Armed robbery.
(b) Theft.
(c) Juvenile deliquency.
(d) Depression.

6. ______________ was Irish, an ardent anti-Communist, and liked by the Kennedy family initially.
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Jimmy Hoffa.
(c) Joe McCarthy.
(d) Walter Reuther.

7. Which institution opposed the changes happening in the Justice Department?
(a) Pentagon.
(b) FBI.
(c) CIA.
(d) Security Council.

8. Who was a staunch Democrat in an era of Republican dominance?
(a) Jimmy Hoffa.
(b) Walter Reuther.
(c) Jason Fried.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

9. Which two offices did the FBI director covertly oppose?
(a) Attorney General and President.
(b) National defense and civil rights.
(c) Civil unions and health care.
(d) State and municipal.

10. What was the policy of diplomacy ascribed to by Robert and John Kennedy?
(a) Action diplomacy.
(b) Installation of puppet regimes.
(c) Unilateral support of dictators.
(d) Zero negotiations.

11. What organizations had numerous opponents to John Kennedy's foreign policy?
(a) Pentagon and CIA.
(b) NRA and CIA.
(c) FBI and Justice Department.
(d) World Bank and IMF.

12. Who embarked upon a witch hunt to expel Communists from America?
(a) Jimmy Hoffa.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

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

14. Who led the United Automobile Workers (UAW)?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Walter Reuther.
(c) Jimmy Hoffa.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

15. Who traveled to Asia and witnessed the new nationalism arising in those countries?
(a) Kathleen and Margaret Eunice.
(b) Herbert and Rose Hoover.
(c) Patrick and John Kennedy.
(d) John and Robert Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role was Robert F. Kenned a great choice for but hesitant to take on for fear of nepotism?

2. Who wanted a blockade and negotiation with Cuba when they heard about the missiles?

3. Whose Senate campaign did Robert Kennedy manage?

4. What were the two major issues surrounding the John F. Kennedy bid for the presidency?

5. What did Robert Kennedy find about the comparative treatment of individuals in the court system?

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