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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the war going badly, at the time when the White House was losing faith in Diem?
(a) Around Saigon.
(b) In Quang Nam.
(c) In Pleiku.
(d) In the Mekong Delta.

2. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?
(a) Arms reduction.
(b) Tax cuts.
(c) Communism conspiracies.
(d) Civil rights.

3. What does Halberstam say happened that strained the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?
(a) The government raided the pagodas and blamed it on the army.
(b) The Buddhists martyred themselves in opposition to the government.
(c) The government seized land and temples from the Buddhists.
(d) The Buddhists instigated confrontations with the army.

4. What had happened to reduce the Communism threat by the time McNamara took over as Secretary of Defense?
(a) McCarthy had purged Communists from American politics.
(b) Russia and China had split.
(c) Communism had failed in North Korea.
(d) Cuba had instituted its own version of Communism.

5. What plan was the U.S. government following by the end of 1964?
(a) Limit bombing but increase troops on the ground.
(b) Expand the pacification program.
(c) Restrict operations to bombing missions.
(d) Pour as many resources as necessary into Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Halberstam say McNamara learned about the affairs in Vietnam?

2. Where was the war going well, at the time when the White House was losing faith in Diem, according to Halberstam?

3. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

4. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?

5. What plan was the U.S. government preparing for by the end of 1964?

(see the answer key)

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