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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Thanksgiving Day Massacre?
(a) Averell Harriman was named Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs.
(b) Maxwell Taylor was removed from his position.
(c) Kennedy increased the number of troops in Vietnam.
(d) Troops were withdrawn from the Mekong Delta.

2. What state does Halberstam say the Vietcong were in when Kennedy sent the fact-finding mission in 1961?
(a) They were fragmented and plagued with in-fighting.
(b) They were using guerilla tactics ineffectively.
(c) They were committed and had good leadership.
(d) They had opposition in the civilian populace.

3. Where does Halberstam say McNamara found people to work under him as Secretary of Defense?
(a) The auto industry.
(b) England.
(c) Academia.
(d) Boeing.

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

5. What does Halberstam say was Lyndon Johnson's feeling about the coup?
(a) He endorsed it.
(b) He proposed it.
(c) He opposed it.
(d) He turned a blind eye to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kennedy did not authorize more troops, what does Halberstam say he told the Pentagon?

2. What does Halberstam say the U.S. assured its generals during their meeting in Vietnam?

3. What had USAID done in Vietnam at the beginning of Chapter 15?

4. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt in the Kennedy administration?

5. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?

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