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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the code 34A stand for in the White House?
(a) The covert actions that responded to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
(b) Search and destroy missions.
(c) Diplomacy to end the war.
(d) The plan to bomb North Vietnam.

2. When does Halberstam say the Johnson administration realized that Bundy was necessary to their planning?
(a) When they had a hard time while he was on vacation.
(b) When McNamara's plans were ineffectual.
(c) When Taylor's theories were proven wrong.
(d) When Diem was overthrown, as Bundy had predicted he would be.

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

4. In what way does Halberstam say that Lyndon Johnson resembled Kennedy in his management style?
(a) Johnson trusted the military's reports.
(b) Johnson sought out expert opinions beyond his cabinet.
(c) Johnson used a cabinet of enemies.
(d) Johnson did not seek a wide variety of opinions.

5. On which issue does Halberstam say Kennedy compromised with the military?
(a) The use of jets.
(b) Bombing in the north.
(c) The use of napalm.
(d) Free fire zones.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the problem with the Buddhist monks begin?

2. Who was Kennedy's military analyst on the 1961 fact-finding mission?

3. What does Halberstam say was the Joint Chiefs of Staff's perception of the problem in Vietnam?

4. What does Halberstam say conditions were like in South Vietnam by the end of 1964?

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Thanksgiving Day Massacre?

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