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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halberstam say the U.S. assured its generals during their meeting in Vietnam?
(a) That they would continue humanitarian aid.
(b) That they would not cross the border into Cambodia.
(c) That they would be victorious by the end of 1966.
(d) That they would continue aid in the event of a coup.

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

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

4. What does Halberstam say marked the end of the generals' faith in Diem?
(a) The drought and subsequent humanitarian crisis.
(b) The raid on the pagodas.
(c) The influence of American interests on Diem's government.
(d) The backlash against the army after the botched raids on the pagodas.

5. Whom did Kennedy want to act as Secretary of State?
(a) He was going to abolish the position of Secretary of State.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) Chester Bowles.
(d) He was going to act as his own Secretary of State.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?

2. Why does Halberstam say that September and October of 1963 were good for the Kennedy administration?

3. What was the recommendation that came out of the fact-finding mission of 1961?

4. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?

5. Who does Halberstam say remained loyal to Diem when the coup began?

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