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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 united about in the early 1960s?
(a) The need to grant civil rights.
(b) The need to fight Communism.
(c) The need to balance the budget.
(d) The need to establish military supremacy.

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

3. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?
(a) Since 1941.
(b) Since 1954.
(c) Since 1946.
(d) Since 1931.

4. How does Halberstam say Kennedy was feeling about the war at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Dispirited.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Optimistic.

5. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?
(a) Foreign Relations Committee.
(b) Banking and Finance Committee.
(c) Military Affairs Committee.
(d) Judiciary Committee.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?

3. What does Halberstam say happened that strained the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?

4. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?

5. What did the U.S. embassy offer to Diem and Nhu when the coup began?

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