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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18: The Politics of Justice; Justice and Poverty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Robert Kennedy find was a frequent result of poverty?
(a) Depression.
(b) Theft.
(c) Juvenile deliquency.
(d) Armed robbery.

2. What did Robert Kennedy think was the source of all the nation's ills?
(a) Disease.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Religious feuds.
(d) Poverty.

3. When Robert Kennedy began a career in the Justice Department, what was his family life like?
(a) His wife was pregnant with their first child.
(b) He did not have a family.
(c) His family had all died in the war.
(d) He had five children.

4. Who did the most notorious anti-trust case to come under investigation involve?
(a) Paper mill companies.
(b) Telephone companies.
(c) Automobile workers.
(d) Six steel companies.

5. What did America have to do to prevent the rise of Communism?
(a) Lead insurgent armies.
(b) Become more involved in world affairs.
(c) Install a puppet regime in Indochina.
(d) Give away land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What immigrants were not popular in the 1800s in America?

2. In his role in the Senate Investigations Committee, what did Robert Kennedy gain a reputation for being?

3. Who was appointed ambassador to England?

4. Which organization worked outside the confines and control of any governmental branch or agency?

5. Where did Robert Kennedy research poverty?

(see the answer key)

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