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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. University students in which city start riots to protest Diem's government?
2. According to John Paul Vann and the author, in what year does the U.S. Marines begin to burn villages to flush out Vietcong encampments?
3. Who is President of the United States when America expands the war into Cambodia in 1970?
4. In what year is General Harkins replaced?
5. Which distinguished general from World War II is dispatched to Vietnam to assess the situation?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Myrtle Lee Tripp's second husband, Frank Vann, finally adopt John Paul Vann as his son? Why did it take so long?
2. In 1963, President Diem set off what was known as the "Buddhist Crisis". What was this and what was the eventual result of it?
3. One of the unique features of the Vietnam War was the war correspondent (a special type of journalist) that went to the war zone and reported on what was happening there. How did this affect how the U.S. military commanders conducted the war?
4. What did General Westmoreland feel was the key to victory?
5. What media figure befriends John Paul Vann and is responsible for stealing and leaking the "Pentagon Papers" to the U.S. media? What strategy of John Paul Vann's did this person find most appealing?
6. What kind of a person was Frank Vann?
7. Following the conflicting stories regarding the success of the Battle of Ap Bac, how did Washington, DC, respond?
8. What were the findings of General Krulak and the other military leaders with regard to the Battle of Ap Bac? How did John Paul Vann react?
9. What did this situation make John Paul Vann realize?
10. What word best describes John Paul Vann's mother, Myrtle Lee Tripp? Provide a justification for your answer.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What were some of John Paul Vann's specific duties and responsibilities as a civilian member of the Agency for International Development (AID) in Vietnam? How did the efforts of this agency improve the conditions of the war for combatants and innocents alike? Was John Paul Vann satisfied with the scope of his AID directives? If not, why not? What more did he feel he needed to do?
Essay Topic 2
When Richard M. Nixon was elected president in 1968, what actions did he take with regard to the war in Vietnam? Provide 2-3 examples, along with your analysis of whether or not these actions helped or hindered the war effort. Also, how did Nixon's policies mesh or differ with the views espoused throughout the book by John Paul Vann?
Essay Topic 3
Khe Sanh was mentioned in the text as one of the so-called "Hill Fights". First, what did the term "Hill Fights" refer to? Second, why was there a great deal of media attention placed on the plight of the marines stationed at Khe Sanh? What was the symbolic significance of this battle and how was the outcome portrayed by the American media and the Vietcong propaganda machine?
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