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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Halberstam say was the sense in the Kennedy administration as they came into office?
(a) They were going to conquer the Russians.
(b) They were going to institute a new era of peace.
(c) They were going to continue the country's prosperity.
(d) They were going to get the country moving again.

4. How big a margin did Kennedy win the presidency by?
(a) 500,000 votes.
(b) 1.5 million votes.
(c) 1,000,000 votes.
(d) 100,000 votes.

5. Whose input did the French and Americans ignore about Vietnam, in Halberstam's account?
(a) Diplomats.
(b) Generals.
(c) Military advisers.
(d) Lower-level officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many soldiers had the U.S. sent to Vietnam in its first commitment of troops?

2. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of Defense?

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

4. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?

5. Whom did Kennedy want to act as Secretary of State?

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