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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What policy did Rostow support in Vietnam?
(a) A policy of rapprochement.
(b) Battleship diplomacy.
(c) An aggressive anti-Communist policy.
(d) An appeasement policy.

4. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Robert McNamara.
(c) Dean Rusk.
(d) Chester Bowles.

5. What rule does Halberstam say Kennedy was following in trying to appoint a Secretary of State?
(a) Someone who had a strong intuition.
(b) Someone who didn't look back at bad decisions, but plowed ahead.
(c) Someone who had learned from his mistakes and had diplomatic experience.
(d) Someone who had not made many mistakes or offended too many people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How big a margin did Kennedy win the presidency by?

3. How did Kennedy's followers feel about Chester Bowles' ideas?

4. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?

5. How many troops were in Vietnam when Kennedy was assassinated?

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