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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?
(a) Bruce was felt to be too conservative.
(b) Bruce was felt to be too academic.
(c) Bruce was felt to be too young.
(d) Bruce was felt to be too old.

5. What was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?
(a) He was going to improve on them.
(b) He was going to continue them.
(c) He did not want to follow them.
(d) He was going to end them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?

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

3. Where does the book open?

4. What was Kennedy in the process of doing at the beginning of the book?

5. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt about his interview with Kennedy for the Secretary of State job?

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