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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 Joint Chiefs of Staff's perception of the problem in Vietnam?
(a) They thought it could be solved by bombing.
(b) They were planning to solve it with a coup.
(c) They thought it could be resolved diplomatically.
(d) They thought it was a military problem.

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

3. What was Kennedy's relationship with the press during his presidential campaign?
(a) He had a number of hostile enemies in the press.
(b) He had a contentious relationship with the press.
(c) He had to quash a few stories that were critical to his campaign.
(d) He had the support of most of the press.

4. Who was Kennedy's military analyst on the 1961 fact-finding mission?
(a) Chester Bowles.
(b) McGeorge Bundy.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Maxwell Taylor.

5. What does Halberstam say happened that threatened the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?
(a) The Buddhists expanded their protests.
(b) Diem reneged on his promises.
(c) The people backed the Buddhists against Diem.
(d) Diem and Nhu retreated into aristocratic aloofness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue had Kennedy and Dean Rusk had to discuss when Dean Rusk was offered the Secretary of State job?

2. Which cabinet member was opposed to the Bay of Pigs invasion?

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

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

5. Whose input did the French and Americans ignore about Vietnam, in Halberstam's account?

(see the answer key)

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