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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 Kennedy first send advisers to Vietnam?
(a) June 1963.
(b) October 1961.
(c) May 1962.
(d) February 1962.

2. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?
(a) The New York Blisses.
(b) The Roosevelts.
(c) The Rockefellers.
(d) The New England Lowells.

3. What does Halberstam say the Kennedy administration found out after the coup?
(a) The Vietnamese government did not have its people's support.
(b) The Vietnamese government did not have control of the Delta.
(c) The government did not know what was going on in the war.
(d) The Buddhists were attracting dissidents in opposition to the government.

4. What measures does Halberstam say Washington, D.C. took when the soldiers dissented over conditions?
(a) They arrested any soldiers who spoke against the government.
(b) They held town hall meeting where soldiers could air their views.
(c) They repressed the dissent.
(d) They held Congressional hearings.

5. Who oversaw domestic operations of the operation code named 34A?
(a) General Westmoreland.
(b) Maxwell Taylor.
(c) McGeorge Bundy.
(d) General Harkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Halberstam say that September and October of 1963 were good for the Kennedy administration?

2. Who does Halberstam say was making the case for bombing after the 1964 election?

3. Who was named commander of American forces in Vietnam in June 1964?

4. When Kennedy did not authorize more troops, what does Halberstam say he told the Pentagon?

5. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?

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