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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 were Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about Kennedy?
(a) She resented his inexperience.
(b) She distrusted his Catholicism.
(c) She did not entirely trust him.
(d) She admired his leadership.

2. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?
(a) It was grounded in academic theory.
(b) It did not have real-world experience.
(c) There were too many crises at once.
(d) It was not backed with muscular diplomacy.

3. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?
(a) The revolution in Cuba.
(b) The escalation of the Cold War and the fall of China.
(c) The tension over civil rights in America.
(d) The agitation of labor unions in America and Europe.

4. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Robert McNamara.
(c) Chester Bowles.
(d) Dean Rusk.

5. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?
(a) Since 1954.
(b) Since 1946.
(c) Since 1931.
(d) Since 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say Kennedy had done in response to the meeting with Russians in Vienna?

2. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

3. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?

4. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?

5. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?

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