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

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

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

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. Whom did Kennedy want to act as Secretary of State?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) He was going to act as his own Secretary of State.
(c) Chester Bowles.
(d) He was going to abolish the position of Secretary of State.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Halberstam say was the sense in the Kennedy administration as they came into office?

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