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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Undersecretary of State.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

2. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?
(a) It did not have real-world experience.
(b) It was grounded in academic theory.
(c) It was not backed with muscular diplomacy.
(d) There were too many crises at once.

3. Why was Chester Bowles assigned to a different position?
(a) He had leaked confidential information to the press.
(b) He had quarreled with Bobby Kennedy over who was in charge in Kennedy's absence.
(c) He had been caught saying embarrassing things on an open mic.
(d) He had disgraced himself by having an affair with one of his pages.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which problem did NOT arise for the Kennedy administration during 1961?

3. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?

4. What had Robert Lovett been before entering government?

5. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of Defense?

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