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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 was Robert Kennedy's margin when he won a Senate seat in New York?
(a) 700,000 votes.
(b) 700 votes.
(c) 8,000 votes.
(d) 800 votes.

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

3. Who did Robert Kennedy spend time trying to assist for most of his career?
(a) The wealthy suburban Democrats.
(b) The feisty Boston Whalers.
(c) The argumentative Southern Baptists.
(d) The poor and disenfranchised.

4. What conclusion did Robert Kennedy come to after his Latin American trip?
(a) That they should bring in troops.
(b) That they should concede defeat to Communist dictators.
(c) That Latin America was too difficult to deal with.
(d) That the administration would have to pick and choose what problems to address.

5. Who launched a successful attack against American forces in Vietnam?
(a) Communist forces of General Nguyen.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) Communist forces of China.
(d) North Vietnamese and Viet Cong.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robert Kennedy secure the release American prisoners in the early 1960s?

2. Who was paranoid about losing the election in 1964?

3. Who moved in a direction independent of the Soviet Union following the release of American prisoners in Cuba?

4. What did Robert Kennedy promise to third-world countries?

5. What happened to John Kennedy in Texas in November 1963?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did America's reputation suffer in the early 1960s?

2. What did Kennedy do to ease tensions with Cuba?

3. Where did Cesar Chavez take Robert Kennedy, and what effect did it have on Kennedy?

4. What happened during the 1963 election campaign that devastated Robert Kennedy?

5. How did Robert Kennedy differ from Lyndon B. Johnson on national issues?

6. What action did the Pentagon take in Vietnam against the advice of Robert Kennedy?

7. What did Robert Kennedy think about the war in Vietnam?

8. How did Robert Kennedy differ from the American military community in his view of what the country needed to focus on for peace and prosperity?

9. What did Robert Kennedy do to improve American foreign policy in 1963?

10. What did Robert Kennedy do after he resigned as Attorney General?

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