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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?
(a) Dean Rusk.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Chester Bowles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?

3. On which issue does Halberstam say Kennedy compromised with the military?

4. Who was Kennedy's military analyst on the 1961 fact-finding mission?

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Chinese Revolution and the McCarthy period?

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