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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 had Robert Lovett been before entering government?
(a) An automobile executive.
(b) An investment banker.
(c) A career military officer.
(d) An insurance salesman.

2. What did Kennedy ask Chester Bowles for advice on?
(a) Budget cuts.
(b) Campaigning.
(c) Foreign policy.
(d) Military analysis.

3. Which cabinet member was opposed to the Bay of Pigs invasion?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Dean Rusk.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Chester Bowles.

4. What does Halberstam say was the effect of the Gulf of Tonkin incident on the U.S. government?
(a) It strengthened U.S. resolve to win in Vietnam.
(b) It convinced Americans that the war was senseless.
(c) It led some to question the legality of the war.
(d) It demonstrated that American strategy was working.

5. What had happened to reduce the Communism threat by the time McNamara took over as Secretary of Defense?
(a) Cuba had instituted its own version of Communism.
(b) Communism had failed in North Korea.
(c) McCarthy had purged Communists from American politics.
(d) Russia and China had split.

Short Answer Questions

1. What policy did Rostow support in Vietnam?

2. Who oversaw domestic operations of the operation code named 34A?

3. What does Halberstam say the U.S. government had to rely on once it had advisers in Vietnam?

4. On which issue does Halberstam say Kennedy compromised with the military?

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

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