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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?
(a) Chester Bowles.
(b) Robert McNamara.
(c) Dean Rusk.
(d) Adlai Stevenson.

3. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?
(a) How to go about fighting Communism.
(b) How to establish peace.
(c) How to balance the budget.
(d) How to reduce nuclear weapons.

4. How did Kennedy's followers feel about Chester Bowles' ideas?
(a) They were looking for ways to follow them.
(b) They were inspired by them.
(c) They were antithetical to them.
(d) They did not appreciate them.

5. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?
(a) Businessmen.
(b) Old guard.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) The new breed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?

2. Whom did Kennedy want to act as Secretary of State?

3. What were Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about Kennedy?

4. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?

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

(see the answer key)

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