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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-38: Images; The Dilemma; the Decision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who led a military coup to oust Diem from office?
(a) Cabot Lodge.
(b) CIA.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) President Kennedy.

2. What region of the world resented American interference to assist French armed forces?
(a) Philippines.
(b) Fiji.
(c) Indochina.
(d) Australia.

3. Who was prosecuted by the Attorney General Robert Kennedy for taking a bribe?
(a) Eunice Kennedy.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) J. Vincent Keoh.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

4. Why was Robert Kennedy hesitant to run for political office in 1968?
(a) He did not want to lose.
(b) He did not want to run against someone of his own party.
(c) He felt angry.
(d) He did not like politics.

5. What event in Wisconsin invoked the ire of Republicans?
(a) Unfair labor practices.
(b) Bargaining on behalf of the company.
(c) The worker strike against Kohler plumbing.
(d) Communist demonstrations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What military initiative served to make a new political candidate popular?

2. What did Robert Kennedy vehemently oppose as it escalated by 1967?

3. What two different sides of Robert Kennedy emerged in 1968?

4. What did Robert Kennedy think were the two reasons for juvenile delinquency?

5. What did Robert Kennedy discover about the FBI and the CIA after the assassination of the President?

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