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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 does Halberstam say was the result of the Chinese Revolution and the McCarthy period?
(a) The U.S. took an aggressive stance toward Communism.
(b) The U.S. strengthened trade ties in Europe.
(c) The U.S. sought out diplomatic solutions.
(d) The U.S. took pre-emptive action against Communism.

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

4. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?
(a) Military Affairs Committee.
(b) Banking and Finance Committee.
(c) Judiciary Committee.
(d) Foreign Relations Committee.

5. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?
(a) How to establish peace.
(b) How to reduce nuclear weapons.
(c) How to balance the budget.
(d) How to go about fighting Communism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which problem did NOT arise for the Kennedy administration during 1961?

2. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

3. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?

4. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt about his interview with Kennedy for the Secretary of State job?

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

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