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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, "Taking on the System".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which ARVN commander launches a "dummy assault" on the Ap Bac site to save face and put a positive PR spin on the confrontation?
(a) General Cao.
(b) General Cho.
(c) General Ming.
(d) General Ba.

2. University students in which city start riots to protest Diem's government?
(a) Hue.
(b) My Tho.
(c) Saigon.
(d) Hanoi.

3. The name for the pro-North Vietnamese forces based in South Vietnam is the ___________________.
(a) Communist Army of South Vietnam.
(b) The Resistance.
(c) National Liberation Front.
(d) People's Liberation Army.

4. Approximately how many pages are in the famous "Pentagon Papers"?
(a) 1,100.
(b) 300.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 7,000.

5. John Paul Vann requests the following equipment to help the M-113s navigate across the various canals in the battlefield:
(a) Bulldozers.
(b) Amphibious troop carriers.
(c) Portable bridges.
(d) Half tracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Paul Vann's Vietnamese counterpart is named:

2. What is the nickname of Cao's advisor, Colonel Wilbur Wilson?

3. One of the early propaganda efforts on the part of Diem's South Vietnamese government is to try to identify all Viet Minh as __________________.

4. How does John Paul Vann die?

5. Which notable newspaper reporter of the era is an attendee at the John Paul Vann funeral?

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