View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, "The Battle of Ap Bac".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is another aspect of John Paul Vann's personality mentioned in "The Funeral"?
(a) Always seems to have difficulty with those in authority.
(b) Deceitful and scheming.
(c) Never questions his orders or the mission once.
(d) A relentless blame-dodger.

2. How many ARVN helicopters are downed by the VC forces during the battle?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) All of them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The name for the pro-North Vietnamese forces based in South Vietnam is the ___________________.

2. Ngo Dinh Diem is very afraid of ________________.

3. The primary element of chance in the Battle of Ap Bac is which of the following?

4. John Paul Vann is born during what era?

5. Where does John Paul Vann die?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 256 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample