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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 committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?
(a) Foreign Relations Committee.
(b) Banking and Finance Committee.
(c) Judiciary Committee.
(d) Military Affairs Committee.

2. What did Chester Bowles think was the most important issue to confront?
(a) Military expansion.
(b) Budget cuts.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Race issues.

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

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) Personal morality.
(d) Family values.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Robert Lovett demur about being appointed in the Kennedy administration?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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