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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 were people calling for by Thanksgiving 1964, in Halberstam's account?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Victory at all costs.
(c) Withdrawal.
(d) Escalation.

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

3. What did the fact-finding mission discover at about the time of the problem with the Buddhist monks?
(a) Diem was not on top of the situation.
(b) The U.S. was unprepared for guerilla warfare.
(c) The North was expanding its recruitment.
(d) Vast corruption.

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

5. What plan was the U.S. government preparing for by the end of 1964?
(a) Bring in a coalition of forces against the Vietcong.
(b) Have the South take military action against the North.
(c) Have Cambodia and Laos intervene.
(d) Strike directly against China.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the war going well, at the time when the White House was losing faith in Diem, according to Halberstam?

3. What problem does Halberstam say Maxwell Taylor had in Vietnam?

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

5. What does Halberstam say marked the end of the generals' faith in Diem?

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