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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Halberstam say the Americans responded when the Vietcong attacked Pleiku?
(a) They decided to retaliate.
(b) They decided to withdraw.
(c) They decided to reevaluate their strategy.
(d) They put more troops on the ground.

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

3. Whose staff does Halberstam say outlined three responses to the American bombing campaign?
(a) General Westmoreland.
(b) Maxwell Taylor.
(c) McGeorge Bundy.
(d) General Harkin.

4. How does Halberstam say the U.S. spun the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
(a) They said that the U.S. plane was in international airspace.
(b) They said that the offensive was completely unexpected.
(c) They said that the U.S. ship had been attacked.
(d) They said that the use of napalm was necessary now.

5. What does Halberstam say was Lyndon Johnson's feeling about the coup?
(a) He endorsed it.
(b) He opposed it.
(c) He proposed it.
(d) He turned a blind eye to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say became clear by the time Rolling Thunder had been in effect for six weeks?

2. When did McNamara say the U.S. would be out of Vietnam, when he visited the country?

3. What does Halberstam say was the outcome of the report on the bombing attacks?

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

5. What does Halberstam say the administration had led the American people to believe about the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Dean Rusk's role in Vietnam after Kennedy's assassination?

2. What were the questions people were asking on the issue of bombing the North?

3. What happened during the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

4. What was President Johnson's position regarding Vietnam in the early days of his presidency?

5. What happened during the second Gulf of Tonkin incident?

6. What does Halberstam say Maxwell Taylor said were the three issues confronting the U.S. in its Vietnam planning?

7. What does Halberstam say was Johnson's approach to paying for the war?

8. What was the intelligence community's assessment of Rolling Thunder?

9. What was the military's position on bombing North Vietnam?

10. What does Halberstam say became clear to the American government after Diem's death?

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