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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 Maxwell Taylor discovered was true about Khanh?
(a) Khanh was an opportunist and a bad strategist.
(b) Khanh was another Diem.
(c) Khanh was an ineffectual leader.
(d) Khanh was self-serving and corrupt.

2. What position did Maxwell Taylor begin to support as a result of his late 1964 trip to Vietnam?
(a) Withdrawing troops from Vietnam.
(b) A bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
(c) International sanctions against North Vietnam.
(d) Renewing diplomatic efforts.

3. What was Paul Kattenburg's view of the war, in early 1964?
(a) He thought it was a waste of political and economic capital.
(b) He saw it as an experiment in nation-building.
(c) He described it as a crusade.
(d) He doubted its correctness.

4. What had Robert Lovett been before entering government?
(a) An automobile executive.
(b) A career military officer.
(c) An insurance salesman.
(d) An investment banker.

5. What does Halberstam say was Lyndon Johnson's feeling about the coup?
(a) He opposed it.
(b) He turned a blind eye to it.
(c) He proposed it.
(d) He endorsed it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the recommendation that came out of the fact-finding mission of 1961?

2. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

3. Who does Halberstam say was making the case for bombing after the 1964 election?

4. What rule does Halberstam say Kennedy was following in trying to appoint a Secretary of State?

5. What plan was the U.S. government following by the end of 1964?

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