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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which problem did NOT arise for the Kennedy administration during 1961?
(a) Arms race.
(b) Bay of Pigs invasion.
(c) Escalation of problems in Laos.
(d) Financial crisis.

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

3. Whose input did the French and Americans ignore about Vietnam, in Halberstam's account?
(a) Diplomats.
(b) Generals.
(c) Lower-level officers.
(d) Military advisers.

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

5. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?
(a) He saw Adlai Stevenson as an ideologue.
(b) He saw Adlai Stevenson as lazy.
(c) He saw Adlai Stevenson as principled.
(d) He saw Adlai Stevenson as indecisive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

2. Which issue was NOT confronting the nation when the Kennedy administration took office?

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

4. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

5. How big a margin did Kennedy win the presidency by?

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