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

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

3. What does Halberstam say was the sense in the Kennedy administration as they came into office?
(a) They were going to continue the country's prosperity.
(b) They were going to institute a new era of peace.
(c) They were going to conquer the Russians.
(d) They were going to get the country moving again.

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

5. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?
(a) He could sense what others were thinking and what they needed.
(b) He had a rigid sense of principle.
(c) He did not brook opposition.
(d) He listened to others and used their ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?

2. What did Robert Lovett remember about Kennedy after the assassination?

3. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?

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

5. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?

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