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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does Halberstam say triggered bombing operations against the North?
(a) A North Vietnamese success in the Mekong Delta.
(b) The Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
(c) A North Vietnamese attack on American B-57 bombers.
(d) The Bay of Pigs invasion.

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

3. What mistake had the Kennedy administration made in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
(a) They had underestimated the logistical difficulties of a landing.
(b) They had not seen that the Cuban people were not opposed to Castro.
(c) They had not supplied enough men and material.
(d) They had not checked the weather for the invasion.

4. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?
(a) How to balance the budget.
(b) How to establish peace.
(c) How to go about fighting Communism.
(d) How to reduce nuclear weapons.

5. What did Kennedy ask Chester Bowles for advice on?
(a) Campaigning.
(b) Budget cuts.
(c) Military analysis.
(d) Foreign policy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?

2. Which situation had the biggest effect on the Kennedy administration in 1961?

3. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?

4. What plan was the U.S. government following by the end of 1964?

5. What does Halberstam say was the conclusion of the study that analyzed the results of a bombing attack against the north?

(see the answer key)

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