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

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

3. Who did the most notorious anti-trust case to come under investigation involve?
(a) Telephone companies.
(b) Automobile workers.
(c) Paper mill companies.
(d) Six steel companies.

4. Where did Robert Kennedy research poverty?
(a) In the library.
(b) Urban ghettos.
(c) In a law firm.
(d) In the courtroom.

5. As Attorney General, what did Robert Kennedy become well known for?
(a) Ruthlessness.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) High expectations and ideals.
(d) Ineptitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were two personal friends of the Kennedy family that were also prosecuted?

2. Who did Robert Kennedy work within New York to build a model community program?

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

4. What was American policy in the emerging nations of Asia and Africa?

5. How did Hoover attempt to gain convictions of leftists?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the controversy surrounding the candidate for Attorney General?

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

3. What were some indictments that Robert Kennedy pursued as Attorney General that were difficult?

4. How did the FBI function during the 1960s when John F. Kennedy came to power?

5. What action did Robert Kennedy take to enforce the 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision in the south?

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

7. Describe what Robert Kennedy did to rectify unfair standards for the poor in America's justice system?

8. Describe Robert Kennedy's actions regarding the notorious investigation against six large steel companies.

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

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

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