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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?
(a) He saw Adlai Stevenson as principled.
(b) He saw Adlai Stevenson as indecisive.
(c) He saw Adlai Stevenson as lazy.
(d) He saw Adlai Stevenson as an ideologue.

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

3. What event does Halberstam say triggered bombing operations against the North?
(a) A North Vietnamese success in the Mekong Delta.
(b) A North Vietnamese attack on American B-57 bombers.
(c) The Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
(d) The Bay of Pigs invasion.

4. How many soldiers had the U.S. sent to Vietnam in its first commitment of troops?
(a) 8 military advisers.
(b) 400 Special forces and 3,000 troops.
(c) 100,000 troops.
(d) 20,000 troops.

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Chinese Revolution and the McCarthy period?
(a) The U.S. sought out diplomatic solutions.
(b) The U.S. took pre-emptive action against Communism.
(c) The U.S. strengthened trade ties in Europe.
(d) The U.S. took an aggressive stance toward Communism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the fact-finding trip to Vietnam in early 1965 coincide with?

2. What was Paul Kattenburg's view of the war, in early 1964?

3. Why hadn't Roosevelt stopped the French from returning to Indochina after the war, in Halberstam's account?

4. What policies had Robert Lovett been involved in crafting?

5. Why did Robert Lovett demur about being appointed in the Kennedy administration?

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