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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 made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?
(a) He did not brook opposition.
(b) He had a rigid sense of principle.
(c) He could sense what others were thinking and what they needed.
(d) He listened to others and used their ideas.

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

3. What does Halberstam say Americans were united about in the early 1960s?
(a) The need to establish military supremacy.
(b) The need to grant civil rights.
(c) The need to balance the budget.
(d) The need to fight Communism.

4. What position did the Kennedy administration take with regard to nuclear disarmament?
(a) Kennedy wanted to show Kruschev that he was tough.
(b) Kennedy wanted to reduce the number of nuclear weapons to a reasonable number.
(c) Kennedy wanted to make sure that the U.S. and Russia had comparable arsenals.
(d) Kennedy wanted to eliminate nuclear weapons altogether.

5. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of State?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Dean Rusk.
(c) Chester Bowles.
(d) Robert McNamara.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many soldiers had the U.S. sent to Vietnam in its first commitment of troops?

2. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?

3. Why was Chester Bowles assigned to a different position?

4. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Chinese Revolution and the McCarthy period?

5. Where does the book open?

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