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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, "Antecedents to a Confrontation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This person is an influential figure in stabilizing the national government of the Philippines during the 1950s and was sent to South Vietnam to see if he could do the same there.
(a) Secretary of State Robert McNamara.
(b) General Douglas MacArthur.
(c) John Paul Vann.
(d) General Edward Lansdale.

2. Many refugees in South Vietnam belong to this religion.
(a) Methodist.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Buddhist.

3. French occupation of Vietnam officially ends shortly after this decisive battle during the First Indochina War:
(a) Battle of Khe Sanh.
(b) Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
(c) Battle of Ia Drang.
(d) Battle of Ap Bac.

4. 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) J. Edgar Hoover.
(b) William Westmoreland.
(c) Jim Drummond.
(d) Edward Lansdale.

5. What is the nickname of Cao's advisor, Colonel Wilbur Wilson?
(a) Black Bill.
(b) Stonewall.
(c) Coal Bin Willie.
(d) Ironsides.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is considered the Viet Cong's most capable general?

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. What phrase best describes the bulk of the soldiers in the South Vietnamese Army?

4. The protagonist of the book, John Paul Vann, is killed in 1972 while serving what organization?

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

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