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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Kennedy's military analyst on the 1961 fact-finding mission?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Robert McNamara.
(c) Maxwell Taylor.
(d) Chester Bowles.

2. What was the recommendation that came out of the fact-finding mission of 1961?
(a) That the U.S. commit military advisers.
(b) That the U.S. send 100,000 troops.
(c) That the U.S. send 8,000 troops.
(d) That the U.S. commit 20,000 troops.

3. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?
(a) He could sense what others were thinking and what they needed.
(b) He had a rigid sense of principle.
(c) He did not brook opposition.
(d) He listened to others and used their ideas.

4. What was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?
(a) He was going to end them.
(b) He was going to continue them.
(c) He did not want to follow them.
(d) He was going to improve on them.

5. What does Halberstam say was Robert McNamara's role in the White House policy discussions?
(a) McNamara followed the will of the other advisers.
(b) McNamara dominated discussions.
(c) McNamara enforced Kennedy's will.
(d) McNamara filled in the details of others' plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say McNamara had done while he was at Ford?

2. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?

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

4. What does Halberstam say was the state of tensions within the White House as involvement in Vietnam escalated?

5. Why does Halberstam say Harkins had a hard time firing one of his people in the Mekong Delta?

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