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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What policies had Robert Lovett been involved in crafting?
(a) The Marshall plan.
(b) Changes to Medicare.
(c) A reorganization of the military.
(d) Treaties with China and Russia.

2. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?
(a) Bruce was felt to be too young.
(b) Bruce was felt to be too conservative.
(c) Bruce was felt to be too old.
(d) Bruce was felt to be too academic.

3. What did Kennedy ask Chester Bowles for advice on?
(a) Foreign policy.
(b) Military analysis.
(c) Budget cuts.
(d) Campaigning.

4. Where does the book open?
(a) Kennedy's Georgetown townhouse.
(b) Kennedy's family home in Massachusetts.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Washington, D.C.

5. What does Halberstam say Kennedy had done in response to the meeting with Russians in Vienna?
(a) He removed troops from Poland.
(b) He reduced America's nuclear arsenal.
(c) He increased troop strength in Berlin.
(d) He sent an advisory committee to Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the sense in the Kennedy administration as they came into office?

2. Whom did Kennedy want to act as Secretary of State?

3. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

4. How big a margin did Kennedy win the presidency by?

5. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?

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