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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 was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?
(a) He was going to improve on them.
(b) He was going to continue them.
(c) He did not want to follow them.
(d) He was going to end them.

2. What did Kennedy ask Chester Bowles for advice on?
(a) Campaigning.
(b) Foreign policy.
(c) Budget cuts.
(d) Military analysis.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?

2. How does Halberstam say Lyndon Johnson felt in the Kennedy administration?

3. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?

4. How did Kennedy's followers feel about Chester Bowles' ideas?

5. What issue had Kennedy and Dean Rusk had to discuss when Dean Rusk was offered the Secretary of State job?

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