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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 made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?
(a) He could sense what others were thinking and what they needed.
(b) He did not brook opposition.
(c) He had a rigid sense of principle.
(d) He listened to others and used their ideas.

2. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?
(a) It established a procedure for holding elections.
(b) It divided the country in two, a north and a south.
(c) It sanctioned the north for its attacks on the south.
(d) It determined how prisoners of war would be exchanged.

3. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?
(a) Since 1941.
(b) Since 1946.
(c) Since 1954.
(d) Since 1931.

4. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?
(a) A link to previous administrations.
(b) A connection with the opposition.
(c) A brilliant theoretical thinker.
(d) A bright new talent.

5. What mistake had the Kennedy administration made in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
(a) They had not seen that the Cuban people were not opposed to Castro.
(b) They had underestimated the logistical difficulties of a landing.
(c) They had not supplied enough men and material.
(d) They had not checked the weather for the invasion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of State?

2. What was Kennedy in the process of doing at the beginning of the book?

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

4. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

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

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