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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?
(a) The New England Lowells.
(b) The Roosevelts.
(c) The Rockefellers.
(d) The New York Blisses.

2. 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 the support of most of the press.
(d) He had to quash a few stories that were critical to his campaign.

3. How many troops were in Vietnam when Kennedy was assassinated?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 200,000.

4. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?
(a) Secretary of the Interior.
(b) Secretary of Defense.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Undersecretary of State.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?

2. Which of these was NOT a point of disagreement between the White House and the military, in Halberstam's account?

3. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?

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

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Chinese Revolution and the McCarthy period?

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