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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. What age is John Paul Vann when he was first deployed to South Vietnam in 1962?
(a) Thirty-seven.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Thirty-two.

2. Which notable newspaper reporter of the era is an attendee at the John Paul Vann funeral?
(a) Joseph Alsop.
(b) Walter Cronkite.
(c) Edward Woodward.
(d) David Horowitz.

3. How many M-113 armored personnel carriers are deployed by the ARVN/American forces to Ap Bac?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

4. Which general replaces General Harkins as the supreme commander of the U.S. forces in Vietnam?
(a) General Douglas MacArthur.
(b) General Robert York.
(c) General William Westmoreland.
(d) General Huynh Van Cao.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of John Paul Vann's widow?

2. President Ngo Dinh Diem is made president of South Vietnam by the _______________.

3. President John F. Kennedy proposes _______________ as a way to deal with possible peasant uprisings spurred on by the Vietcong.

4. The VNAF is an acronym that stood for what?

5. How long is the projected worst-case scenario for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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