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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the purpose of operation Rolling Thunder?
(a) To display American airpower.
(b) To force Hanoi to capitulate.
(c) To open North Vietnamese markets.
(d) To demonstrate the benefits of democracy.

2. Which of these was NOT a point of disagreement between the White House and the military, in Halberstam's account?
(a) The use of jets.
(b) The commitment of advisers.
(c) The use of napalm.
(d) The free fire zones.

3. What did Robert Lovett remember about Kennedy after the assassination?
(a) Kennedy's weakness in the face of challenges.
(b) Kennedy's kindness and consideration.
(c) Kennedy's romantic ideology.
(d) Kennedy's youth and inexperience.

4. 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 had a reputation for saying damaging things off the cuff.
(c) Bundy was too old and conservative.
(d) Bundy was a Republican and too young.

5. How did Lyndon Johnson want to be remembered, in Halberstam's account?
(a) As an achiever.
(b) As a diplomat.
(c) As a force for peace.
(d) As an expert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Maxwell Taylor begin to support as a result of his late 1964 trip to Vietnam?

2. When does Halberstam say that McNamara realized he had been misled about the conditions in Vietnam?

3. What does Halberstam say McNamara tried to do with his fact-finding missions to Vietnam?

4. What was the logic behind the U.S.'s actions after the 1961 fact-finding mission?

5. What did the Kennedy administration represent to America?

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