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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Chester Bowles.
(c) Dean Rusk.
(d) Robert McNamara.

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

4. What policies had Robert Lovett been involved in crafting?
(a) A reorganization of the military.
(b) The Marshall plan.
(c) Treaties with China and Russia.
(d) Changes to Medicare.

5. What mistake had the Kennedy administration made in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
(a) They had underestimated the logistical difficulties of a landing.
(b) They had not checked the weather for the invasion.
(c) They had not seen that the Cuban people were not opposed to Castro.
(d) They had not supplied enough men and material.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?

2. What was Kennedy's relationship with the press during his presidential campaign?

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

4. Where did the first confrontation take place in Indochina?

5. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?

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