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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

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 listened to others and used their ideas.
(d) He had a rigid sense of principle.

2. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?
(a) In his race for Senate.
(b) When he first entered politics.
(c) During the Cuban Missile Crisis.
(d) In the 1960 campaign.

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

4. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to J. William Fulbright?
(a) Fulbright had some unresolved scandals in his past.
(b) Fublright was too young and inexperienced.
(c) Fulbright did not have the support of Negroes or Jews.
(d) Fulbright was too old and conservative.

5. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He felt like a new kid without enough respect.
(b) He felt like the spokesman of the party.
(c) He always felt like an outsider.
(d) He felt like the smartest of the bunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chester Bowles think was the most important issue to confront?

2. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?

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

4. What rule does Halberstam say Kennedy was following in trying to appoint a Secretary of State?

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

(see the answer key)

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