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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 happened that strained the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?
(a) The Buddhists martyred themselves in opposition to the government.
(b) The government raided the pagodas and blamed it on the army.
(c) The Buddhists instigated confrontations with the army.
(d) The government seized land and temples from the Buddhists.

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

3. What policy did Rostow support in Vietnam?
(a) Battleship diplomacy.
(b) An appeasement policy.
(c) A policy of rapprochement.
(d) An aggressive anti-Communist policy.

4. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?
(a) Bruce was felt to be too old.
(b) Bruce was felt to be too academic.
(c) Bruce was felt to be too conservative.
(d) Bruce was felt to be too young.

5. Who does Halberstam say remained loyal to Diem when the coup began?
(a) The Palace Guard.
(b) The southern part of the country.
(c) The people.
(d) The merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say happened that threatened the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?

2. What does Halberstam say was Lyndon Johnson's feeling about the coup?

3. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?

4. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to J. William Fulbright?

5. What state does Halberstam say the Vietcong were in when Kennedy sent the fact-finding mission in 1961?

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