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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt about his interview with Kennedy for the Secretary of State job?
(a) He did not know whether he could serve under Kennedy.
(b) Superbly.
(c) He felt he had not been articulate enough.
(d) Not well.

2. Why does Halberstam say that September and October of 1963 were good for the Kennedy administration?
(a) There was accord on civil rights issues.
(b) Averell Harriman made progress on the test ban treaty.
(c) The military made progress in the Mekong Delta.
(d) The administration was prepared to pick up seats in special elections.

3. What does Halberstam say was the sense in the Kennedy administration as they came into office?
(a) They were going to institute a new era of peace.
(b) They were going to continue the country's prosperity.
(c) They were going to get the country moving again.
(d) They were going to conquer the Russians.

4. What does Halberstam say marked the end of the generals' faith in Diem?
(a) The drought and subsequent humanitarian crisis.
(b) The influence of American interests on Diem's government.
(c) The backlash against the army after the botched raids on the pagodas.
(d) The raid on the pagodas.

5. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?
(a) He listened to others and used their ideas.
(b) He did not brook opposition.
(c) He could sense what others were thinking and what they needed.
(d) He had a rigid sense of principle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?

2. When did Kennedy first send advisers to Vietnam?

3. What was the recommendation that came out of the fact-finding mission of 1961?

4. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?

5. How does Halberstam say Kennedy was feeling about the war at the beginning of Chapter 15?

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