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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Chester Bowles assigned to a different position?
(a) He had disgraced himself by having an affair with one of his pages.
(b) He had quarreled with Bobby Kennedy over who was in charge in Kennedy's absence.
(c) He had leaked confidential information to the press.
(d) He had been caught saying embarrassing things on an open mic.

2. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?
(a) The Roosevelts.
(b) The Rockefellers.
(c) The New York Blisses.
(d) The New England Lowells.

3. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Secretary of Defense.
(c) Secretary of the Interior.
(d) Undersecretary of State.

4. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Dean Rusk.
(c) Chester Bowles.
(d) Robert McNamara.

5. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?
(a) Bundy did not have the support of the Jews.
(b) Bundy had a reputation for saying damaging things off the cuff.
(c) Bundy was too old and conservative.
(d) Bundy was a Republican and too young.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which situation had the biggest effect on the Kennedy administration in 1961?

2. How does Halberstam say Lyndon Johnson felt in the Kennedy administration?

3. Which cabinet member was opposed to the Bay of Pigs invasion?

4. Which issue was NOT confronting the nation when the Kennedy administration took office?

5. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of Defense?

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