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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the logic behind the U.S.'s actions after the 1961 fact-finding mission?
(a) Inaction would allow trade to develop.
(b) Wait for the Vietnamese elections.
(c) A show of force would intimidate the Vietcong.
(d) Further delay would defuse the situation.

2. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Chester Bowles.
(c) Dean Rusk.
(d) Robert McNamara.

3. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?
(a) Since 1954.
(b) Since 1931.
(c) Since 1946.
(d) Since 1941.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to J. William Fulbright?

2. How many troops were in Vietnam when Kennedy was assassinated?

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

4. Why did Robert Lovett demur about being appointed in the Kennedy administration?

5. What was Kennedy's relationship with the press during his presidential campaign?

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