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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 had McNamara done by the time he took over as Secretary of Defense?
(a) Instituted successful reforms at Ford.
(b) Reviewed American foreign policy.
(c) Consulted with Kennedy about his goals and methods.
(d) Studied and identified the problems at the Pentagon.

2. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?
(a) How to go about fighting Communism.
(b) How to establish peace.
(c) How to reduce nuclear weapons.
(d) How to balance the budget.

3. What did Hanoi do in response to U.S. war games in the South?
(a) Launch the Gulf of Tonkin attacks.
(b) Seek peace talks.
(c) Withdraw troops from the South.
(d) Send more Vietcong down the trails.

4. When did the problem with the Buddhist monks begin?
(a) April 1962.
(b) May 1963.
(c) November 1962.
(d) March 1961.

5. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?
(a) It did not have real-world experience.
(b) It was grounded in academic theory.
(c) It was not backed with muscular diplomacy.
(d) There were too many crises at once.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?

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

3. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

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

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

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