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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What disastrous incident failed miserably in Cuba and resulted in the death of numerous invading troops?
(a) Capturing the citadel.
(b) Hasta Luego.
(c) Bay of Pigs.
(d) Port de Santiago.

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

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

5. Who were two personal friends of the Kennedy family that were also prosecuted?
(a) Herbert Hoover and Edward Brown.
(b) Bobby Barker and George Wallace.
(c) Oleg Cassini's brother and James Landis.
(d) Joe McCarthy and Robert McNamara.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?

2. Who did Robert Kennedy secretly negotiate a truce with that ended the Cuban missile crisis?

3. What did John F. Kennedy succeed in achieving as a Senator?

4. What immigrants were not popular in the 1800s in America?

5. Who was the first Black justice official appointed by the Attorney General?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy discover about juvenile delinquency in urban ghettos?

2. Describe Walter Reuther's position that antagonized Republicans.

3. Who did the Senate committee investigate associated with money laundering and the mob?

4. What action did Robert Kennedy take to avert the escalation of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

5. Describe how Robert Kennedy's travels abroad affected his study and subsequent work.

6. How did the CIA act on its own accord in Cuba at this time?

7. How did Robert Kennedy assist his brother in his 1960 Presidential campaign?

8. What action taken by Soviet leader Khrushchev immediately caused a red alert for American security?

9. Describe being an American of Irish origin in the 1800s.

10. What personal tragedies happened in the Kennedy family during the war and subsequently?

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