Robert Kennedy and His Times Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who failed to ask enough questions as a political leader during the insurgency in Vietnam? (from Chapters 30-33: The Foreign Policy Breach: Latin America; Vietnam Legacy; The Breach Widens: Vietnam; The Breach Widens: South Africa, New York)

Robert Kennedy.

President Kennedy.

President Johnson.

Cabot Lodge.

2.

For what role was Robert Kennedy the most hated candidate in 1968 initially? (from Chapters 39-41: The Journey Begins; The Long Day Wanes; To Sail Beyond...the Western Stars, Until I Die)

House of Representatives seat.

Democratic presidential nomination.

Senate seat.

Supreme Court justice seat.

3.

What did staunch conservatives want John F. Kennedy to do regarding foreign policy? (from Chapters 19-22: The Kennedys and the Cold War; the CIA and Counterinsurgency; The Cuban Connection: I; Robert Kennedy and the Missile Crisis)

Concede defeat to anarchists.

Offer a peaceful treaty to Soviet Union.

Step down.

Offer a strong military response to Communism.

4.

Who signed a limited test ban treaty in 1963? (from Chapters 23-25: The Cuban Connection II; Missions to the Third World; The Brothers II)

Cuba and the Soviet Union.

United States and Vietnam.

United States and the Soviet Union.

Cuba and Vietnam.

5.

How did Robert Kennedy gain popularity after the 1968 assassination? (from Chapters 39-41: The Journey Begins; The Long Day Wanes; To Sail Beyond...the Western Stars, Until I Die)

He was the brother of the dead president.

He bribed people.

He was able to speak freely to both blacks and whites.

He took over the government.

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