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

2. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?
(a) Military Affairs Committee.
(b) Banking and Finance Committee.
(c) Judiciary Committee.
(d) Foreign Relations Committee.

3. What was Kennedy in the process of doing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Campaigning for president.
(b) Winning the election for president.
(c) Assembling an administration.
(d) Serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

4. Which issue was NOT confronting the nation when the Kennedy administration took office?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) China policy.
(d) Missiles.

5. What does Halberstam say conditions were like in South Vietnam by the end of 1964?
(a) Stabilizing.
(b) Improving.
(c) Settling into a war of attrition.
(d) Deteriorating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who oversaw domestic operations of the operation code named 34A?

2. Who tipped off Senator Wayne Morse about the real situation of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

3. Who does Halberstam say was especially vocal in calling for a change in U.S. Vietnam policy?

4. Where does the book open?

5. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

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