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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to J. William Fulbright?
(a) Fulbright had some unresolved scandals in his past.
(b) Fublright was too young and inexperienced.
(c) Fulbright was too old and conservative.
(d) Fulbright did not have the support of Negroes or Jews.

2. What was McNamara beginning to suspect in Vietnam?
(a) Diem's trustworthiness.
(b) The accuracy of bleak military reports.
(c) The capacity for victory in a guerilla war.
(d) The patience of the American electorate.

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

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

5. What does Halberstam say happened to Diem and Nhu after they fled?
(a) They reached America and settled there.
(b) They were captured and killed.
(c) They were granted haven in Japan.
(d) They returned to power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had McNamara done by the time he took over as Secretary of Defense?

2. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt about his interview with Kennedy for the Secretary of State job?

3. What does Halberstam say the Kennedy administration found out after the coup?

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

5. Why did the Americans back down on demands for reform in Vietnam in 1962, in Halberstam's account?

(see the answer key)

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