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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 issue had Kennedy and Dean Rusk had to discuss when Dean Rusk was offered the Secretary of State job?
(a) Personal morality.
(b) Family values.
(c) Rusk's Judaism.
(d) Finances.

2. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?
(a) There were too many crises at once.
(b) It was grounded in academic theory.
(c) It was not backed with muscular diplomacy.
(d) It did not have real-world experience.

3. What does Halberstam say was Robert McNamara's role in the White House policy discussions?
(a) McNamara filled in the details of others' plans.
(b) McNamara followed the will of the other advisers.
(c) McNamara dominated discussions.
(d) McNamara enforced Kennedy's will.

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

5. Who does Halberstam say set the tone for Vietnam policy for the beginning of the Johnson administration?
(a) Harriman.
(b) McNamara.
(c) Rusk.
(d) Bundy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lyndon Johnson want to be remembered, in Halberstam's account?

2. What does Halberstam say the Kennedy administration found out after the coup?

3. What does Halberstam say was the state of tensions within the White House as involvement in Vietnam escalated?

4. When does Halberstam say the Johnson administration realized that Bundy was necessary to their planning?

5. Which problem did NOT arise for the Kennedy administration during 1961?

(see the answer key)

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