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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 did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?
(a) A link to previous administrations.
(b) A bright new talent.
(c) A brilliant theoretical thinker.
(d) A connection with the opposition.

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 does Halberstam say Americans were united about in the early 1960s?
(a) The need to grant civil rights.
(b) The need to balance the budget.
(c) The need to fight Communism.
(d) The need to establish military supremacy.

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

5. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?
(a) Since 1954.
(b) Since 1931.
(c) Since 1946.
(d) Since 1941.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?

3. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?

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

5. What did Chester Bowles think was the most important issue to confront?

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