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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kennedy did not authorize more troops, what does Halberstam say he told the Pentagon?
(a) To develop plans to expand the war to Cambodia.
(b) To develop an exit strategy.
(c) To prepare a larger engagement.
(d) To plan to redeploy combat troops.

2. What was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?
(a) He was going to improve on them.
(b) He was going to end them.
(c) He did not want to follow them.
(d) He was going to continue them.

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

4. What does Halberstam say McNamara tried to do with his fact-finding missions to Vietnam?
(a) Provide a forum for dissenting soldiers.
(b) Conceal the deteriorating conditions.
(c) Publish the truth.
(d) Protect the President.

5. What did Hanoi do in response to U.S. war games in the South?
(a) Send more Vietcong down the trails.
(b) Launch the Gulf of Tonkin attacks.
(c) Seek peace talks.
(d) Withdraw troops from the South.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the effect of the Gulf of Tonkin incident on the U.S. government?

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

3. What does Halberstam say the U.S. assured its generals during their meeting in Vietnam?

4. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

5. When does Halberstam say the Johnson administration realized that Bundy was necessary to their planning?

(see the answer key)

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