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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the outcome of the report on the bombing attacks?
(a) The report was ignored, although it delayed the bombings.
(b) The report led to sanctions against the American military.
(c) The report resulted in the withdrawal of American combat troops.
(d) The report resulted justifiying sending more troops and bombers to Vietnam.

2. What does Halberstam say the U.S. government had to rely on once it had advisers in Vietnam?
(a) Diplomatic accounts from Vietnam.
(b) Reporters and aid workers.
(c) Reports from the military.
(d) Strategists in the Pentagon.

3. Which issue was NOT confronting the nation when the Kennedy administration took office?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Reconstruction.
(c) Missiles.
(d) China policy.

4. What kind of reports does Halberstam say would come from the head of the U.S. command after his 1962 appointment?
(a) Unrealistic reports.
(b) Pragmatic and diplomatic reports.
(c) Reports that were imperial propaganda.
(d) Highly detailed reports.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the fact-finding mission discover at about the time of the problem with the Buddhist monks?

2. What measures does Halberstam say Washington, D.C. took when the soldiers dissented over conditions?

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

4. What was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?

5. Who was it who authorized a paper that would rationalize an exit from Vietnam?

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