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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Kennedy's relationship with the press during his presidential campaign?
(a) He had a number of hostile enemies in 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 the support of most of the press.

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

3. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?
(a) Banking and Finance Committee.
(b) Foreign Relations Committee.
(c) Military Affairs Committee.
(d) Judiciary Committee.

4. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?
(a) Arms reduction.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Tax cuts.
(d) Communism conspiracies.

5. What was Kennedy in the process of doing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
(b) Campaigning for president.
(c) Assembling an administration.
(d) Winning the election for president.

Short Answer Questions

1. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?

2. What does Halberstam say Americans were united about in the early 1960s?

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

4. Where does the book open?

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

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