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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27 - Epilogue - Final Word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was in charge of the operation code named 34A?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) General Westmoreland.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) General Harkins.

2. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?
(a) China was not a high priority.
(b) His China advisor had not been confirmed.
(c) China was experiencing a revolution.
(d) He didn't have time.

3. What were Eleanor Roosevelt's feelings about Kennedy?
(a) She admired his leadership.
(b) She distrusted his Catholicism.
(c) She did not entirely trust him.
(d) She resented his inexperience.

4. What does Halberstam say was the beginning of the 'credibility gap'?
(a) When U.S. deaths in Vietnam were withheld.
(b) When the media began to exploit photographs to build opposition to the war.
(c) When the government's figures were revised to protect Johnson's Great Society program.
(d) When the military gave the government falsified reports on progress in Vietnam.

5. Who does Halberstam say was making the case for bombing after the 1964 election?
(a) Harkin.
(b) Harriman.
(c) Bundy.
(d) McNamara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Diem and Nhu's politics relative to the Vietnamese population's politics?

2. Who did President Johnson send to Vietnam to investigate the situation there?

3. Who does Halberstam say eventually took on the role of setting the tone for Vietnam policy?

4. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?

5. Who does Halberstam say set the tone for Vietnam policy for the beginning of the Johnson administration?

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