The Best and the Brightest Quiz Questions | Quiz: Chapters 1-2 to Chapters 21-22

Quiz: Chapters 1-2 to Chapters 21-22

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Why hadn't Roosevelt stopped the French from returning to Indochina after the war, in Halberstam's account?
a) He did not have the authority to.
b) He needed France for its support of American monetary policy.
c) He could not get a censure from the United Nations.
d) There was no post-war plan to prevent them.

2. What policy did Rostow support in Vietnam?
a) An aggressive anti-Communist policy.
b) A policy of rapprochement.
c) Battleship diplomacy.
d) An appeasement policy.

3. What does Halberstam say was Lyndon Johnson's feeling about the coup?
a) He turned a blind eye to it.
b) He endorsed it.
c) He proposed it.
d) He opposed it.

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