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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what rank is John Paul Vann promoted by the Washington, DC, high command?
(a) Chief of Operations for the CIA.
(b) Foreign Service Rank 10.
(c) III Corps Commander.
(d) Foreign Service Rank 2.

2. Which religious group does President Ngo Dinh Diem persecute most severely?
(a) Taoists.
(b) Buddhists.
(c) Moslems.
(d) Christians.

3. According to John Paul Vann, the Vietnamese colonels in Saigon are best described as:
(a) Bored.
(b) Arrogant and bragadocious.
(c) Greedy and distrustful.
(d) Timid and cowardly.

4. Which U.S. general becomes the object of ridicule among the American advisers and fighting personnel?
(a) General Cao.
(b) General York.
(c) General Harkins.
(d) General Westmoreland.

5. What is the name of John Paul Vann's biological father?
(a) John Paul LeGay.
(b) Arthur Price.
(c) Frank Vann.
(d) Johnny Spry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Starting in April, 1967, these event begin as a result of the growing VC numbers:

2. According to John Paul Vann and the author, in what year does the U.S. Marines begin to burn villages to flush out Vietcong encampments?

3. What is the name of John Paul Vann's mother?

4. During the late 1960s, who is the station chief in Vietnam for the pacification-worker project?

5. What word best describes the atmosphere in Vietnam in 1965, according to John Paul Vann?

Short Essay Questions

1. What media figure befriends John Paul Vann and is responsible for stealing and leaking the "Pentagon Papers" to the U.S. media? What strategy of John Paul Vann's did this person find most appealing?

2. In 1963, President Diem set off what was known as the "Buddhist Crisis". What was this and what was the eventual result of it?

3. How did John Paul Vann react to the ARVN "victory" at Ap Bac? How did General Harkins accept John Paul Vann's assessment?

4. Who offers John Paul Vann a position as part of a national "brain trust" on Vietnam? What was John Paul Vann's reaction?

5. Following the inconclusive, but embarrassing, result of Ap Bac, General Huynh Van Cao launched a dummy attack on the same location. Why did he do this? What was the result?

6. One of the unique features of the Vietnam War was the war correspondent (a special type of journalist) that went to the war zone and reported on what was happening there. How did this affect how the U.S. military commanders conducted the war?

7. What was John Paul Vann's strategy for turning the war in the United States' favor? How did this differ from the U.S. policy at the time?

8. What new war tactic, employed by the U.S. marines in 1965, particularly disgusted John Paul Vann and why?

9. What prominent CIA figure eventually adopted and promoted John Paul Vann's assessment of the Vietnam War? Why was this person important?

10. What word best describes John Paul Vann's mother, Myrtle Lee Tripp? Provide a justification for your answer.

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