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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following their slow but steady stream of military successes, the South Vietnamese President, Ngo Dinh Diem, awards the 7th Infantry Division for their __________________.
(a) Combat expertise.
(b) Gallantry.
(c) Total victory over the Vietcong.
(d) Well-ordered retreats.

2. Diem engages in an ambitious campaign that redistributes _______________ from the Buddhist farmers to the Catholic refugees fleeing North Vietnam.
(a) Money.
(b) Livestock.
(c) Land.
(d) Crops.

3. The Battle of Ap Bac is seen as a huge ________________ for the Viet Cong.
(a) Loss.
(b) Victory.
(c) Opportunity.
(d) Disappointment.

4. Which of the following generals is the commanding officer of U.S. personnel in Vietnam in 1962?
(a) General William Westmoreland.
(b) General Bruce Palmer, Jr.
(c) General Paul Harkins.
(d) General George S. Patton.

5. Who is appointed by General Edward Lansdale to be the President of the Republic of South Vietnam?
(a) Ngo Dinh Diem.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) Dien Bien Phu.
(d) Mao Tse-Tung.

6. John Paul Vann's frustrations with the war grow because of which of the following reasons:
(a) The Vietcong are extremely powerful and the US is hopelessly outmatched.
(b) He is merely an advisor and doesn't get to go fight anyone.
(c) Media coverage of the war is deemed unfair and biased against the government in Saigon.
(d) He gets no real help from Huynh Van Cao or from his own commanders.

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

8. The name for the pro-North Vietnamese forces based in South Vietnam is the ___________________.
(a) National Liberation Front.
(b) The Resistance.
(c) People's Liberation Army.
(d) Communist Army of South Vietnam.

9. Which United States President oversees the rapid escalation of the war in Vietnam?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Richard M. Nixon.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

10. To better fortify themselves against the ARVN assault, VC guerrillas at Ap Bac use ___________ extensively.
(a) Heavy gun implacements.
(b) Pill boxes.
(c) Fox holes.
(d) Razor wire traps.

11. Which of the following ARVN commanders is promoted to the rank of general just before the Battle of Ap Bac?
(a) Le Nguyen Binh.
(b) Tong Doc Loc.
(c) Huynh Van Cao.
(d) Bui Dinh Dam.

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

13. 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.

14. President Diem's younger brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, is relied upon for his military and political advise despite the fact he has a(n) _______________ dependency.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Nicotine.
(d) Opium.

15. Which of the following funeral attendees is also an instrumental adviser to the South Vietnamese during the early 1960s?
(a) Lt. Col. Lucien Conein.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) Joseph Alsop.
(d) General Edward Lansdale.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many M-113 armored personnel carriers are deployed by the ARVN/American forces to Ap Bac?

2. John Paul Vann is born during what era?

3. How far off (in miles) from their intended landing zones are the ARVN paratroopers eventually dropped?

4. The helicopters that carry the ARVN troops to the battle location are affectionately known by what name?

5. Which of the following is true regarding the interrogation tactics of the Vietnamese and Cambodian "Rangers"?

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