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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who signed a limited test ban treaty in 1963?

2. Who was exempted from the mandatory 70-year old retirement in 1964?

3. What gained popularity in Vietnam in the 1960s?

4. After the Bay of Pigs Incident, how did American politicians differ on what to do next?

5. What happened to Vietnam when Indochina broke up into four countries?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Johnson use Robert Kennedy's popularity as Attorney General for his own gain?

2. How did Robert Kennedy differ from the American military community in his view of what the country needed to focus on for peace and prosperity?

3. What was happening in Indochina in the 1960s?

4. What did Kennedy do to ease tensions with Cuba?

5. What did Robert Kennedy think about the war in Vietnam?

6. What did Robert Kennedy do after he resigned as Attorney General?

7. What did Robert Kennedy discover when he traveled abroad?

8. Why was Robert Kennedy labeled a "reformer" during the Vietnam War?

9. What action did the Pentagon take in Vietnam against the advice of Robert Kennedy?

10. How was Diem ousted by power, and what did the American military do after the dictator was removed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy are important characters.

Part 1) Compare John F. Kennedy to Robert Kennedy. How were these two brothers similar and how were they different?

Part 2) What inspirational purpose did Robert's role in the justice department offer John F. Kennedy? Elaborate on this.

Part 3) What effect did John F. Kennedy's assassination have on Robert Kennedy in the immediate short-term and the long-term? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

How does counter-insurgency differ from action diplomacy? Which is more effective and why? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

The four rhetorical modes of writing are exposition, argumentation, description, and narration. Which mode or modes are used in this book and how? List at least one example of each mode you find in the book. Explain what reason Schlesinger might have had for using it.

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