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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What were the two major issues surrounding the John F. Kennedy bid for the presidency?
(a) Socialism and green economics.
(b) War and anarchy.
(c) Communism and labor rights.
(d) Catholicism and civil rights.

4. Who wanted a blockade and negotiation with Cuba when they heard about the missiles?
(a) CIA.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) Doves.
(d) Hawks.

5. What region of the world resented American interference to assist French armed forces?
(a) Australia.
(b) Philippines.
(c) Fiji.
(d) Indochina.

6. What two national issues gave the FBI director prominence?
(a) War and starvation.
(b) Global genocide and environmental catastrophes.
(c) Civil unrest and anarchy.
(d) Communism and Naziism.

7. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?
(a) Communist demonstrations.
(b) Bargaining on behalf of the company.
(c) Unfair labor practices.
(d) The worker strike against Kohler plumbing.

8. Who did Robert Kennedy appoint to investigate anti-trust violations?
(a) Joseph Smith.
(b) William Orrick.
(c) David Hackett.
(d) Bob Barkett.

9. What did the Asian countries yearn to be free of?
(a) Communist influence.
(b) Violent anarchists.
(c) Southern insurgents.
(d) European imperialism.

10. Who had terrifying power as the head of the FBI?
(a) George Wallace.
(b) Walter Mondale.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) J. Edgar Hoover.

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

12. Who did Robert Kennedy marry?
(a) Rosemary Eunice.
(b) Rose Hoover.
(c) Kathleen McAllister.
(d) Ethel Skakel.

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

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

15. What dilemma faced the Justice Department when civil rights leaders in the South were brutalized?
(a) How to bring equal employment to the South.
(b) How to enforce constitutional law without a national police force.
(c) How to convince Southern leaders to accept black justices.
(d) How to create laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who witnessed poverty firsthand and saw postwar devastation in Europe?

2. Where did Robert Kennedy research poverty?

3. Who married a banking millionaire and had nine children?

4. What did Robert Kennedy find was a frequent result of poverty?

5. Whose Vice-Presidential bid failed in 1956?

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