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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?
(a) He saw Adlai Stevenson as an ideologue.
(b) He saw Adlai Stevenson as principled.
(c) He saw Adlai Stevenson as lazy.
(d) He saw Adlai Stevenson as indecisive.

3. How did Kennedy's followers feel about Chester Bowles' ideas?
(a) They were looking for ways to follow them.
(b) They did not appreciate them.
(c) They were inspired by them.
(d) They were antithetical to them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?

3. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?

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

5. Which cabinet member was opposed to the Bay of Pigs invasion?

(see the answer key)

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