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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these was NOT a point of disagreement between the White House and the military, in Halberstam's account?
(a) The use of jets.
(b) The commitment of advisers.
(c) The free fire zones.
(d) The use of napalm.

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

3. What did Kennedy ask Chester Bowles for advice on?
(a) Military analysis.
(b) Budget cuts.
(c) Foreign policy.
(d) Campaigning.

4. Why did Robert Lovett demur about being appointed in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He did not like Kennedy.
(b) He was newly a father.
(c) He was in financial trouble.
(d) He had health problems.

5. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?
(a) In his race for Senate.
(b) During the Cuban Missile Crisis.
(c) When he first entered politics.
(d) In the 1960 campaign.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?

5. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

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