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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Halberstam say was especially vocal in calling for a change in U.S. Vietnam policy?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) General Westmoreland.
(d) Maxwell Taylor.

2. What problem does Halberstam say Maxwell Taylor had in Vietnam?
(a) Taylor could not control things like he had elsewhere.
(b) Taylor could not get honest reporting.
(c) Taylor could not convince his superiors that conditions were bad.
(d) Taylor could not understand how the Vietcong withstood the bombings.

3. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?
(a) As a diversion from domestic problems.
(b) As a gift to Asian allies.
(c) As a war against Communism.
(d) As a boon to the military contractors.

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

5. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Arms reduction.
(c) Communism conspiracies.
(d) Tax cuts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?

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

4. What does Halberstam say happened that threatened the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?

5. What position did Maxwell Taylor begin to support as a result of his late 1964 trip to Vietnam?

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