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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Halberstam say set the tone for Vietnam policy for the beginning of the Johnson administration?
(a) Rusk.
(b) Bundy.
(c) Harriman.
(d) McNamara.

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

3. What did Robert Lovett remember about Kennedy after the assassination?
(a) Kennedy's weakness in the face of challenges.
(b) Kennedy's romantic ideology.
(c) Kennedy's kindness and consideration.
(d) Kennedy's youth and inexperience.

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

5. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?
(a) Bruce was felt to be too academic.
(b) Bruce was felt to be too young.
(c) Bruce was felt to be too conservative.
(d) Bruce was felt to be too old.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what way does Halberstam say that Lyndon Johnson resembled Kennedy in his management style?

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

5. What was the recommendation that came out of the fact-finding mission of 1961?

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