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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 intelligence officer, assigned to work with Vann, lives by the motto "know your foe", setting up an elaborate system of informants and launching an exhaustive data file on the Vietcong?
(a) Edward Lansdale.
(b) Jim Drummond.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover.
(d) William Westmoreland.

2. Which of the following cities is the site of the Vietnamese imperial palace?
(a) Hue.
(b) Hanoi.
(c) Saigon.
(d) My Tho.

3. Following their slow but steady stream of military successes, the South Vietnamese President, Ngo Dinh Diem, awards the 7th Infantry Division for their __________________.
(a) Well-ordered retreats.
(b) Gallantry.
(c) Combat expertise.
(d) Total victory over the Vietcong.

4. Which of the following ARVN commanders is promoted to the rank of general just before the Battle of Ap Bac?
(a) Bui Dinh Dam.
(b) Le Nguyen Binh.
(c) Huynh Van Cao.
(d) Tong Doc Loc.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the H-21 Hueys initially land during the Battle of Ap Bac?

2. How are the Viet Minh perceived by many of the Vietnamese people, especially in light of their victory over the French in the First Indochina War?

3. John Paul Vann admires the "peasant army" of the South Vietnamese, citing these two traits as particularly endearing:

4. This group of organized gangs and criminals attempt a revolt in South Vietnam's capitol city of Saigon.

5. John Paul Vann requests the following equipment to help the M-113s navigate across the various canals in the battlefield:

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