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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. Which religious group does President Ngo Dinh Diem persecute most severely?
2. How long is the projected worst-case scenario for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
3. The term for General Westmoreland's war strategy is:
4. What is the name of John Paul Vann's mother?
5. What does John Paul Vann find out about the numbers of the Regional Forces in Hau Nghia?
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. How and where did John Paul Vann die? Provide details.
3. Why did General Harkins feel the way he did about John Paul Vann's report?
4. In 1963, President Diem set off what was known as the "Buddhist Crisis". What was this and what was the eventual result of it?
5. By this time, what was the political situation in Saigon?
6. 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?
7. Which parent did the majority of the household chores in the Vann home? Why?
8. When did Myrtle Lee Tripp's second husband, Frank Vann, finally adopt John Paul Vann as his son? Why did it take so long?
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 kind of a person was Frank Vann?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In many respects, Vietnam was considered to be the first "helicopter war". Based on your readings, do you think this is an accurate description? How did John Paul Vann and other commanders make use of "choppers" in the book? Please give 2-3 examples.
Essay Topic 2
What role did the reporting (or misreporting) of information have during the Vietnam War? How was propaganda used by the ARVN, American, and North Vietnamese, respectively, to further their causes? Please provide 2-3 specific examples for each.
Essay Topic 3
What were some of the staple foods in the Vann home? How did this particular diet affect the health and psychological well-being of the children? Which of John Paul Vann's parents was the primary cook and provider? Why?
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