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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6, "A Second Time Around".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his work in Vietnam after 1965, John Paul Vann is befriended by whom?
(a) A VC schoolteacher and the local children.
(b) A number of mercenaries from Europe.
(c) Some members of the VC high command.
(d) A group of Buddhist monks.

2. Which of the following Vietnam War-era journalists is awarded the Pulitzer Prize in December, 1963, for reporting John Paul Vann's assessment of the situation in Vietnam?
(a) David Halberstam.
(b) Neil Sheehan.
(c) Peter Arnott.
(d) Joe Galloway.

3. How many Viet Cong guerrillas are entrenched in defensive positions at Ap Bac?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 350.
(c) 700.
(d) 2,500.

4. In what year are John Paul Vann and Mary married?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1945.

5. The term for General Westmoreland's war strategy is:
(a) "Strategic Isolation".
(b) "War of Attrition".
(c) "Bomb the VC into the Stone Age".
(d) "Total War".

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does John Paul Vann's mother spend her money on (primarily)?

2. What does John Paul Vann realize upon his return to Vietnam in 1965?

3. Which city in North Vietnam is the base for Ho Chi Minh's government?

4. Diem engages in an ambitious campaign that redistributes _______________ from the Buddhist farmers to the Catholic refugees fleeing North Vietnam.

5. Who is appointed by General Edward Lansdale to be the President of the Republic of South Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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