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

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(c) Troops were withdrawn from the Mekong Delta.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

3. What rule does Halberstam say Kennedy was following in trying to appoint a Secretary of State?
(a) Someone who had learned from his mistakes and had diplomatic experience.
(b) Someone who had a strong intuition.
(c) Someone who didn't look back at bad decisions, but plowed ahead.
(d) Someone who had not made many mistakes or offended too many people.

4. What pressure does Halberstam say the events of September and October of 1963 relieved for Kennedy?
(a) He felt like he was finally hitting his stride in the presidency.
(b) He no longer felt the political pressure to deliver a victory.
(c) He no longer felt the need to prove himself to Kruschev.
(d) He was relieved of budgetary pressure.

5. When did McNamara say the U.S. would be out of Vietnam, when he visited the country?
(a) By the end of 1965.
(b) By 1970.
(c) By the beginning of 1966.
(d) By the end of 1968.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

2. What kind of reports does Halberstam say would come from the head of the U.S. command after his 1962 appointment?

3. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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