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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Robert Lovett demur about being appointed in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He was in financial trouble.
(b) He did not like Kennedy.
(c) He had health problems.
(d) He was newly a father.

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

3. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He felt like the spokesman of the party.
(b) He felt like the smartest of the bunch.
(c) He always felt like an outsider.
(d) He felt like a new kid without enough respect.

4. 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) Diem could not afford reforms.
(d) They lost confidence that reforms could be implemented.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?

3. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?

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

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

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