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

2. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?
(a) How to reduce nuclear weapons.
(b) How to go about fighting Communism.
(c) How to balance the budget.
(d) How to establish peace.

3. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?
(a) Chester Bowles.
(b) McGeorge Bundy.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Dean Rusk.

4. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He felt like the spokesman of the party.
(b) He felt like the smartest of the bunch.
(c) He felt like a new kid without enough respect.
(d) He always felt like an outsider.

5. What did Chester Bowles think was the most important issue to confront?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Military expansion.
(c) Budget cuts.
(d) Race issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose theories had been used as the basis for expanded militarization in the late 1940s?

2. What was Kennedy in the process of doing at the beginning of the book?

3. Who does Halberstam say remained loyal to Diem when the coup began?

4. What position did the Kennedy administration take with regard to nuclear disarmament?

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

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