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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 troops were in Vietnam when Kennedy was assassinated?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 3,000.

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

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

4. What does Halberstam say happened that threatened the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?
(a) Diem and Nhu retreated into aristocratic aloofness.
(b) The Buddhists expanded their protests.
(c) The people backed the Buddhists against Diem.
(d) Diem reneged on his promises.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?

2. What was Paul Kattenburg's view of the war, in early 1964?

3. When does Halberstam say the President's thinking about bombing began to change?

4. What does Halberstam say was the sense in the Kennedy administration as they came into office?

5. How does Halberstam say Kennedy was feeling about the war at the beginning of Chapter 15?

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