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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 Maxwell Taylor discovered was true about Khanh?
(a) Khanh was an opportunist and a bad strategist.
(b) Khanh was self-serving and corrupt.
(c) Khanh was an ineffectual leader.
(d) Khanh was another Diem.

2. Who was the only administration insider arguing against escalation?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) Maxwell Taylor.
(c) McGeorge Bundy.
(d) George Ball.

3. Where was the war going well, at the time when the White House was losing faith in Diem, according to Halberstam?
(a) Around Saigon.
(b) In Pleiku.
(c) In the Mekong Delta.
(d) In Quang Nam.

4. What does Halberstam say McNamara learned that he had to do in order to argue against nuclear weapons?
(a) Demonize his opponents.
(b) Make a good argument for conventional weapons.
(c) Make emotional appeals to the electorate.
(d) Discredit military analysts in favor of nuclear weapons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?

2. What does Halberstam say happened that strained the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?

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

4. How many soldiers had the U.S. sent to Vietnam in its first commitment of troops?

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

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