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

2. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?
(a) Old guard.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) The new breed.
(d) Businessmen.

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

4. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Dean Rusk.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Chester Bowles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt in the Kennedy administration?

2. What had Robert Lovett been before entering government?

3. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?

4. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

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

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