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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 had Robert Lovett been before entering government?
(a) A career military officer.
(b) An automobile executive.
(c) An insurance salesman.
(d) An investment banker.

2. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Secretary of the Interior.
(d) Undersecretary of State.

3. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?
(a) It established a procedure for holding elections.
(b) It sanctioned the north for its attacks on the south.
(c) It divided the country in two, a north and a south.
(d) It determined how prisoners of war would be exchanged.

4. Where does the book open?
(a) Kennedy's family home in Massachusetts.
(b) Kennedy's Georgetown townhouse.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Vietnam.

5. Who does Halberstam say eventually took on the role of setting the tone for Vietnam policy?
(a) Rusk.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Harriman.
(d) Bundy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say happened to Diem and Nhu after they fled?

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

3. Who does Halberstam say set the tone for Vietnam policy for the beginning of the Johnson administration?

4. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?

5. What did the U.S. embassy offer to Diem and Nhu when the coup began?

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