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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Kennedy first send advisers to Vietnam?
(a) February 1962.
(b) October 1961.
(c) May 1962.
(d) June 1963.

2. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?
(a) Foreign Relations Committee.
(b) Judiciary Committee.
(c) Military Affairs Committee.
(d) Banking and Finance Committee.

3. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?
(a) How to reduce nuclear weapons.
(b) How to go about fighting Communism.
(c) How to establish peace.
(d) How to balance the budget.

4. Which problem did NOT arise for the Kennedy administration during 1961?
(a) Escalation of problems in Laos.
(b) Financial crisis.
(c) Arms race.
(d) Bay of Pigs invasion.

5. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of Defense?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) McGeorge Bundy.
(c) Chester Bowles.
(d) Dean Rusk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue had Kennedy and Dean Rusk had to discuss when Dean Rusk was offered the Secretary of State job?

2. Why did Robert Lovett demur about being appointed in the Kennedy administration?

3. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt in the Kennedy administration?

4. What were Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about Kennedy?

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

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