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

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

3. What did Johnson say he needed before they could move against the North?
(a) Bipartisan support.
(b) Success around Saigon.
(c) Success in the Mekong delta.
(d) A stable government in the South.

4. Whose theories had been used as the basis for expanded militarization in the late 1940s?
(a) McGeorge Bundy's.
(b) Chester Bowles'.
(c) Robert McNamara's.
(d) George Kennan's.

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Chinese Revolution and the McCarthy period?
(a) The U.S. sought out diplomatic solutions.
(b) The U.S. took pre-emptive action against Communism.
(c) The U.S. took an aggressive stance toward Communism.
(d) The U.S. strengthened trade ties in Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?

2. What event does Halberstam say triggered bombing operations against the North?

3. Where was the war going badly, at the time when the White House was losing faith in Diem?

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

5. What were people calling for by Thanksgiving 1964, in Halberstam's account?

(see the answer key)

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