The Best and the Brightest Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Best and the Brightest Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the outcome of the first confrontation between Vietcong and U.S. troops?
(a) 900 Vietcong casualties and 450 American casualties.
(b) 1,200 Vietcong casualties and 200 American casualties.
(c) 600 Vietcong casualties and no American casualties.
(d) 2,000 Vietcong casualties and 60 American casualties.

2. Who was it who authorized a paper that would rationalize an exit from Vietnam?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) John McNaughton.
(c) McGeorge Bundy.
(d) Averell Harriman.

3. What does Halberstam say was the Joint Chiefs of Staff's perception of the problem in Vietnam?
(a) They thought it could be resolved diplomatically.
(b) They thought it was a military problem.
(c) They were planning to solve it with a coup.
(d) They thought it could be solved by bombing.

4. How did Lyndon Johnson want to be remembered, in Halberstam's account?
(a) As an achiever.
(b) As a diplomat.
(c) As an expert.
(d) As a force for peace.

5. What plan was the U.S. government preparing for by the end of 1964?
(a) Strike directly against China.
(b) Have Cambodia and Laos intervene.
(c) Bring in a coalition of forces against the Vietcong.
(d) Have the South take military action against the North.

6. When does Halberstam say the Johnson administration realized that Bundy was necessary to their planning?
(a) When Diem was overthrown, as Bundy had predicted he would be.
(b) When Taylor's theories were proven wrong.
(c) When McNamara's plans were ineffectual.
(d) When they had a hard time while he was on vacation.

7. How did McNamara's position on bombing change over time?
(a) After a few months, he was convinced of bombing's effectiveness.
(b) Years later, he would say that he had doubts about how useful bombing would be.
(c) After the first weeks, he was sure that bombing would end the war.
(d) After a year, he reversed his position entirely.

8. What does Halberstam say General Westmoreland was projecting after 1965?
(a) More troops and more years of war.
(b) More political pressure and fewer battles.
(c) More bombings and fewer troops on the ground.
(d) More casualties, but also more political victories.

9. How was the situation changing in South Vietnam in early 1965?
(a) The Buddhists were becoming more restive.
(b) The civilians were becoming more passive.
(c) The Communists were winning more territory.
(d) The government was losing credibility.

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

11. What did the U.S. embassy offer to Diem and Nhu when the coup began?
(a) Retribution against their enemies.
(b) Protection against their enemies.
(c) Safe conduct out of the country.
(d) Return to power.

12. What was Paul Kattenburg's view of the war, in early 1964?
(a) He saw it as an experiment in nation-building.
(b) He described it as a crusade.
(c) He doubted its correctness.
(d) He thought it was a waste of political and economic capital.

13. How does Halberstam say Johnson conducted planning for the Vietnam war?
(a) Johnson kept planning secret.
(b) Johnson consulted with a wide range of experts.
(c) Johnson made every decision himself.
(d) Johnson governed by consensus among his advisers.

14. When did the Spring offensive start in Vietnam?
(a) May 1965.
(b) March 1963.
(c) April 1964.
(d) June 1966.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say the military had been telling President Johnson when he sent an investigative team to Vietnam?

2. What were people calling for by Thanksgiving 1964, in Halberstam's account?

3. What does Halberstam say was the result of Johnson's method of planning for the war?

4. What did Johnson say he needed before they could move against the North?

5. What did the fact-finding trip to Vietnam in early 1965 coincide with?

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