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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 did the problem with the Buddhist monks begin?
(a) November 1962.
(b) March 1961.
(c) April 1962.
(d) May 1963.

2. How does Halberstam say Lyndon Johnson felt in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He felt like a midwesterner among East-coast men.
(b) He felt like a teacher among his students.
(c) He felt like a socialist among capitalists.
(d) He felt like a relic of previous administrations.

3. When does Halberstam say the President's thinking about bombing began to change?
(a) After he realized that Khanh was not an effective leader.
(b) After the Vietcong attack on Qui Nhon.
(c) After the media began to carry explicit photos from the front.
(d) After the 1964 elections.

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

5. Which cabinet member was opposed to the Bay of Pigs invasion?
(a) Chester Bowles.
(b) Dean Rusk.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) McGeorge Bundy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Kennedy see Adlai Stevenson?

2. What does Halberstam say McNamara tried to do with his fact-finding missions to Vietnam?

3. What did Chester Bowles think was the most important issue to confront?

4. What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin as a part of 34A?

5. What does Halberstam say McNamara learned that he had to do in order to argue against nuclear weapons?

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