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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 big a margin did Kennedy win the presidency by?
(a) 500,000 votes.
(b) 1.5 million votes.
(c) 100,000 votes.
(d) 1,000,000 votes.

2. Where did the first confrontation take place in Indochina?
(a) Laos.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Malaysia.
(d) Cambodia.

3. What was Kennedy's relationship with the press during his presidential campaign?
(a) He had a contentious relationship with the press.
(b) He had a number of hostile enemies in the press.
(c) He had to quash a few stories that were critical to his campaign.
(d) He had the support of most of the press.

4. What had Robert Lovett been before entering government?
(a) An investment banker.
(b) A career military officer.
(c) An automobile executive.
(d) An insurance salesman.

5. What rule does Halberstam say Kennedy was following in trying to appoint a Secretary of State?
(a) Someone who had a strong intuition.
(b) Someone who didn't look back at bad decisions, but plowed ahead.
(c) Someone who had not made many mistakes or offended too many people.
(d) Someone who had learned from his mistakes and had diplomatic experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose input did the French and Americans ignore about Vietnam, in Halberstam's account?

2. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?

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

4. What position did the Kennedy administration take with regard to nuclear disarmament?

5. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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