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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He felt like the smartest of the bunch.
(b) He felt like the spokesman of the party.
(c) He felt like a new kid without enough respect.
(d) He always felt like an outsider.

2. What was the logic behind the U.S.'s actions after the 1961 fact-finding mission?
(a) Inaction would allow trade to develop.
(b) Further delay would defuse the situation.
(c) A show of force would intimidate the Vietcong.
(d) Wait for the Vietnamese elections.

3. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?
(a) Bruce was felt to be too academic.
(b) Bruce was felt to be too young.
(c) Bruce was felt to be too conservative.
(d) Bruce was felt to be too old.

4. What mistake had the Kennedy administration made in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
(a) They had underestimated the logistical difficulties of a landing.
(b) They had not supplied enough men and material.
(c) They had not seen that the Cuban people were not opposed to Castro.
(d) They had not checked the weather for the invasion.

5. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?
(a) Communism conspiracies.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Arms reduction.
(d) Tax cuts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position did the Kennedy administration take with regard to nuclear disarmament?

3. Which situation had the biggest effect on the Kennedy administration in 1961?

4. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?

5. What was the recommendation that came out of the fact-finding mission of 1961?

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