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

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

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

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

5. Why did Robert Lovett demur about being appointed in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He did not like Kennedy.
(b) He had health problems.
(c) He was newly a father.
(d) He was in financial trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?

2. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?

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

4. What rule does Halberstam say Kennedy was following in trying to appoint a Secretary of State?

5. What had Robert Lovett been before entering government?

(see the answer key)

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