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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. What is Robert Komer's nickname, given to him by Cabot Lodge, Jr.?
(a) Flamethrower.
(b) Ice Man.
(c) Blow Hard.
(d) Blow Torch.

2. 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 2.
(c) Foreign Service Rank 10.
(d) III Corps Commander.

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

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

5. After the failure of this person's second mission to Vietnam in 1966, this person begins to side with John Paul Vann's view of the war effort.
(a) Edward Lansdale.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) William Westmoreland.
(d) Daniel Boone Porter.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a result of the outcome of the Battle of Ap Bac, how do the Viet Cong react?

2. What specific order is given to General Huynh Van Cao in 1966 by his superiors, which he refuses to carry out?

3. In 1966, John Paul Vann begins an affair with a 17-year-old virgin girl. What was her name?

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

5. How many brothers does John Paul Vann have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we know about John Paul Vann's lineage?

2. With whom did John Paul Vann spend a great amount of his time growing up? Why?

3. What vital information did John Paul Vann include in a three-page report to General Harkins and Colonel Porter regarding General Huynh Van Cao's approach to the war?

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

5. In what year did John Paul Vann retire from the Army? When and how did he return to Vietnam?

6. What kind of a person was Frank Vann?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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