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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 did Robert Lovett remember about Kennedy after the assassination?
(a) Kennedy's romantic ideology.
(b) Kennedy's youth and inexperience.
(c) Kennedy's kindness and consideration.
(d) Kennedy's weakness in the face of challenges.

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

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

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

5. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?
(a) He saw Adlai Stevenson as an ideologue.
(b) He saw Adlai Stevenson as principled.
(c) He saw Adlai Stevenson as lazy.
(d) He saw Adlai Stevenson as indecisive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

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

4. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?

5. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?

(see the answer key)

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