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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halberstam say happened that strained the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?
(a) The Buddhists instigated confrontations with the army.
(b) The government raided the pagodas and blamed it on the army.
(c) The government seized land and temples from the Buddhists.
(d) The Buddhists martyred themselves in opposition to the government.

2. What does Halberstam say happened that threatened the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?
(a) The Buddhists expanded their protests.
(b) Diem and Nhu retreated into aristocratic aloofness.
(c) The people backed the Buddhists against Diem.
(d) Diem reneged on his promises.

3. What does Halberstam say marked the end of the generals' faith in Diem?
(a) The raid on the pagodas.
(b) The influence of American interests on Diem's government.
(c) The backlash against the army after the botched raids on the pagodas.
(d) The drought and subsequent humanitarian crisis.

4. How does Halberstam say McNamara learned about the affairs in Vietnam?
(a) By conducting academic studies.
(b) By talking to people.
(c) By reading reports.
(d) By seeing for himself.

5. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?
(a) Since 1931.
(b) Since 1954.
(c) Since 1946.
(d) Since 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say McNamara learned that he had to do in order to argue against nuclear weapons?

2. Whose theories had been used as the basis for expanded militarization in the late 1940s?

3. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

4. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?

5. What does Halberstam say Americans were united about in the early 1960s?

(see the answer key)

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