The Best and the Brightest Quiz Questions | Quiz: Chapters 7-8 to Chapters 9-10

Quiz: Chapters 7-8 to Chapters 9-10

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

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. When Kennedy did not authorize more troops, what does Halberstam say he told the Pentagon?
a) To plan to redeploy combat troops.
b) To prepare a larger engagement.
c) To develop plans to expand the war to Cambodia.
d) To develop an exit strategy.

2. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?
a) As a gift to Asian allies.
b) As a boon to the military contractors.
c) As a diversion from domestic problems.
d) As a war against Communism.

3. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?
a) There were too many crises at once.
b) It did not have real-world experience.
c) It was...
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