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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of State?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) Chester Bowles.
(c) McGeorge Bundy.
(d) Dean Rusk.

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

3. 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.

4. What issue had Kennedy and Dean Rusk had to discuss when Dean Rusk was offered the Secretary of State job?
(a) Finances.
(b) Rusk's Judaism.
(c) Family values.
(d) Personal morality.

5. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Robert McNamara.
(c) Chester Bowles.
(d) Dean Rusk.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt about his interview with Kennedy for the Secretary of State job?

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

5. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

(see the answer key)

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