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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?
(a) Bundy did not have the support of the Jews.
(b) Bundy was a Republican and too young.
(c) Bundy had a reputation for saying damaging things off the cuff.
(d) Bundy was too old and conservative.

2. What does Halberstam say was the state of tensions within the White House as involvement in Vietnam escalated?
(a) Anyone who disagreed with Kennedy was removed.
(b) Aides gathered around Kennedy's will.
(c) There were many disagreements.
(d) Long and open debates brought new ideas to the policies.

3. How does Halberstam say Kennedy was feeling about the war at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Dispirited.
(d) Frustrated.

4. How did McNamara achieve his goals while he was at Ford?
(a) He intimidated his inferiors.
(b) He inspired his underlings with rhetoric.
(c) He got his people to compete against each other.
(d) He used a bonus system.

5. What does Halberstam say Americans were united about in the early 1960s?
(a) The need to balance the budget.
(b) The need to establish military supremacy.
(c) The need to grant civil rights.
(d) The need to fight Communism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the Joint Chiefs of Staff's perception of the problem in Vietnam?

2. What were Diem and Nhu's politics relative to the Vietnamese population's politics?

3. What does Halberstam say was the conclusion of the study that analyzed the results of a bombing attack against the north?

4. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?

5. What was McNamara beginning to suspect in Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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