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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?
(a) Bundy was too old and conservative.
(b) Bundy had a reputation for saying damaging things off the cuff.
(c) Bundy was a Republican and too young.
(d) Bundy did not have the support of the Jews.

2. How does Halberstam say Lyndon Johnson felt in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He felt like a socialist among capitalists.
(b) He felt like a relic of previous administrations.
(c) He felt like a midwesterner among East-coast men.
(d) He felt like a teacher among his students.

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

4. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He felt like the spokesman of the party.
(b) He felt like a new kid without enough respect.
(c) He always felt like an outsider.
(d) He felt like the smartest of the bunch.

5. How did Kennedy's followers feel about Chester Bowles' ideas?
(a) They were antithetical to them.
(b) They were looking for ways to follow them.
(c) They were inspired by them.
(d) They did not appreciate them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?

2. What was Kennedy in the process of doing at the beginning of the book?

3. What did Kennedy ask Chester Bowles for advice on?

4. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?

5. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of Defense?

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