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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many soldiers had the U.S. sent to Vietnam in its first commitment of troops?
(a) 20,000 troops.
(b) 8 military advisers.
(c) 400 Special forces and 3,000 troops.
(d) 100,000 troops.

2. Why did Robert Lovett demur about being appointed in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He was newly a father.
(b) He had health problems.
(c) He did not like Kennedy.
(d) He was in financial trouble.

3. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?
(a) It determined how prisoners of war would be exchanged.
(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 established a procedure for holding elections.

4. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?
(a) He could sense what others were thinking and what they needed.
(b) He did not brook opposition.
(c) He listened to others and used their ideas.
(d) He had a rigid sense of principle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?

3. What does Halberstam say Kennedy had done in response to the meeting with Russians in Vienna?

4. What mistake had the Kennedy administration made in the Bay of Pigs invasion?

5. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?

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