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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 happened that strained the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?
(a) The government seized land and temples from the Buddhists.
(b) The government raided the pagodas and blamed it on the army.
(c) The Buddhists instigated confrontations with the army.
(d) The Buddhists martyred themselves in opposition to the government.

2. Who was in charge of the operation code named 34A?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Averell Harriman.
(c) General Westmoreland.
(d) General Harkins.

3. How many troops were in Vietnam when Kennedy was assassinated?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 5,000.

4. What was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?
(a) He did not want to follow them.
(b) He was going to improve on them.
(c) He was going to end them.
(d) He was going to continue them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?

2. Who was named commander of American forces in Vietnam in June 1964?

3. What does Halberstam say the U.S. assured its generals during their meeting in Vietnam?

4. What kind of reports does Halberstam say would come from the head of the U.S. command after his 1962 appointment?

5. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?

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