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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. How does John Paul Vann die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Friendly fire exercise.
(c) In combat at Ap Bac.
(d) Helicopter crash.

2. After numerous wars with the Chinese and the French, the Vietnamese adopt the following military philosophy which gives the forces of Ho Chi Minh courage during the First and Second Indochina Wars:
(a) Dominance through superior numbers is the only path to victory.
(b) An ostensibly weaker force, properly guided, can defeat a stronger one.
(c) Non-violence is better than war.
(d) He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

3. Who is President of the United States in 1962?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Richard M. Nixon.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

4. Who is considered the Viet Cong's most capable general?
(a) Bao Dai.
(b) Vo Nguyen Giap.
(c) Ngo Dinh Nhu.
(d) Ho Chi Minh.

5. What phrase best describes the bulk of the soldiers in the South Vietnamese Army?
(a) Grizzled veterans.
(b) Underprepared and untrained.
(c) Cannon fodder.
(d) Combat ready.

Short Answer Questions

1. General Edward Lansdale is a clandestine operative for which U.S. government agency?

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

3. Where is John Paul Vann buried?

4. Which person below gives John Paul Vann his first military command duties with the 7th Division?

5. John Paul Vann sees himself as a ____________ of the American way of life.

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