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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What age is John Paul Vann when he was first deployed to South Vietnam in 1962?
2. Which of the following character traits DOES NOT fit John Paul Vann?
3. Which of the following cities is the site of the Vietnamese imperial palace?
4. Ngo Dinh Diem is very afraid of ________________.
5. How many ARVN helicopters are downed by the VC forces during the battle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What important political trends are taking place in North Vietnam and South Vietnam in the early 1960s?
2. Why is the Battle of Ap Bac considered perhaps the most important confrontation of the entire Vietnam War?
3. What is one of the secret desires of the American military advisers with regard to the Viet Cong's fighting tactics?
4. Briefly describe who the National Liberation Front (NLF) are.
5. Why is General Huynh Van Cao's chief-of-staff, Lt. Colonel Bui Dinh Dam, selected, even though he is a North Vietnamese and General Huynh Van Cao is a general for the South?
6. What features of John Paul Vann's burial at Arlington stood out?
7. In 1962, what is the United States' stated primary role in Vietnam?
8. What is the primary shift in strategy espoused by John Paul Vann and Colonel Porter in 1962?
9. Which American adviser is responsible for drawing up the basic plan of attack for the ARVN?
10. Why do you believe General Harkins and others in the United States' military and intelligence communities put so much stock into the opinions of Vietnamese military leaders like General Huynh Van Cao, often at the expense of more sound advice from their own people, like John Paul Vann?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Richard M. Nixon was elected president in 1968, what actions did he take with regard to the war in Vietnam? Provide 2-3 examples, along with your analysis of whether or not these actions helped or hindered the war effort. Also, how did Nixon's policies mesh or differ with the views espoused throughout the book by John Paul Vann?
Essay Topic 2
From what you recall in the book, please outline a brief background of the events before, during, and immediately after the tell-tale Battle of Ap Bac. Be sure to include the major events that led directly to the outcome of the confrontation, as well as the overall significance for this battle to the rest of the war.
Essay Topic 3
What were some of John Paul Vann's specific duties and responsibilities as a civilian member of the Agency for International Development (AID) in Vietnam? How did the efforts of this agency improve the conditions of the war for combatants and innocents alike? Was John Paul Vann satisfied with the scope of his AID directives? If not, why not? What more did he feel he needed to do?
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