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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Americans back down on demands for reform in Vietnam in 1962, in Halberstam's account?
(a) Reforms had already been accomplished.
(b) Diem had begun to renege on his promises.
(c) They lost confidence that reforms could be implemented.
(d) Diem could not afford reforms.

2. What mistake had the Kennedy administration made in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
(a) They had not seen that the Cuban people were not opposed to Castro.
(b) They had not supplied enough men and material.
(c) They had not checked the weather for the invasion.
(d) They had underestimated the logistical difficulties of a landing.

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

4. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?
(a) A connection with the opposition.
(b) A link to previous administrations.
(c) A bright new talent.
(d) A brilliant theoretical thinker.

5. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of State?
(a) Dean Rusk.
(b) Robert McNamara.
(c) Chester Bowles.
(d) McGeorge Bundy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Robert Lovett been before entering government?

2. What does Halberstam say Americans were disunited about in the early 1960s?

3. How long had Ho Chi Minh's communism associations been known to the U.S., in Halberstam's account?

4. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?

5. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?

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