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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt about his interview with Kennedy for the Secretary of State job?
(a) Not well.
(b) He did not know whether he could serve under Kennedy.
(c) He felt he had not been articulate enough.
(d) Superbly.

2. What issue had Kennedy and Dean Rusk had to discuss when Dean Rusk was offered the Secretary of State job?
(a) Rusk's Judaism.
(b) Family values.
(c) Finances.
(d) Personal morality.

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

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

5. What was Kennedy's relationship with the press during his presidential campaign?
(a) He had a number of hostile enemies in the press.
(b) He had a contentious relationship with the press.
(c) He had to quash a few stories that were critical to his campaign.
(d) He had the support of most of the press.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of State?

2. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?

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

4. How did Kennedy's followers feel about Chester Bowles' ideas?

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

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