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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 Defense.
(b) Undersecretary of State.
(c) Secretary of the Interior.
(d) Secretary of State.

2. What was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?
(a) He was going to improve on them.
(b) He was going to end them.
(c) He did not want to follow them.
(d) He was going to continue them.

3. How did Kennedy's followers feel about Chester Bowles' ideas?
(a) They were inspired by them.
(b) They did not appreciate them.
(c) They were looking for ways to follow them.
(d) They were antithetical to them.

4. What position did the Kennedy administration take with regard to nuclear disarmament?
(a) Kennedy wanted to reduce the number of nuclear weapons to a reasonable number.
(b) Kennedy wanted to show Kruschev that he was tough.
(c) Kennedy wanted to make sure that the U.S. and Russia had comparable arsenals.
(d) Kennedy wanted to eliminate nuclear weapons altogether.

5. Who was named to head the U.S. command in Saigon in January 1962?
(a) Chester Bowles.
(b) Maxwell Taylor.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Paul Harkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say Americans were united about in the early 1960s?

2. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?

3. Why hadn't Roosevelt stopped the French from returning to Indochina after the war, in Halberstam's account?

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

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Thanksgiving Day Massacre?

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