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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?
(a) As a diversion from domestic problems.
(b) As a gift to Asian allies.
(c) As a boon to the military contractors.
(d) As a war against Communism.

2. What policies had Robert Lovett been involved in crafting?
(a) Treaties with China and Russia.
(b) A reorganization of the military.
(c) The Marshall plan.
(d) Changes to Medicare.

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

4. Whom did Kennedy want to act as Secretary of State?
(a) He was going to act as his own Secretary of State.
(b) Chester Bowles.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) He was going to abolish the position of Secretary of State.

5. Whose input did the French and Americans ignore about Vietnam, in Halberstam's account?
(a) Diplomats.
(b) Generals.
(c) Lower-level officers.
(d) Military advisers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?

2. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

3. What had Robert Lovett been before entering government?

4. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to J. William Fulbright?

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

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