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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 was McNamara beginning to suspect in Vietnam?
(a) Diem's trustworthiness.
(b) The capacity for victory in a guerilla war.
(c) The patience of the American electorate.
(d) The accuracy of bleak military reports.

2. Whose theories had been used as the basis for expanded militarization in the late 1940s?
(a) George Kennan's.
(b) Robert McNamara's.
(c) McGeorge Bundy's.
(d) Chester Bowles'.

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

4. What does Halberstam say McNamara had done while he was at Ford?
(a) Innovated in the design of the production process.
(b) Created a fiscal crisis.
(c) Raised the quality of the product without raising the cost.
(d) Busted a unionization attempt.

5. How does Halberstam say the U.S. spun the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
(a) They said that the offensive was completely unexpected.
(b) They said that the use of napalm was necessary now.
(c) They said that the U.S. ship had been attacked.
(d) They said that the U.S. plane was in international airspace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?

2. What does Halberstam say marked the end of the generals' faith in Diem?

3. What does Halberstam say was Lyndon Johnson's feeling about the coup?

4. What did the code 34A stand for in the White House?

5. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?

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