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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Johnson say he needed before they could move against the North?
(a) Bipartisan support.
(b) Success in the Mekong delta.
(c) Success around Saigon.
(d) A stable government in the South.

3. What did Kennedy ask Chester Bowles for advice on?
(a) Campaigning.
(b) Budget cuts.
(c) Foreign policy.
(d) Military analysis.

4. What plan was the U.S. government preparing for by the end of 1964?
(a) Have the South take military action against the North.
(b) Strike directly against China.
(c) Have Cambodia and Laos intervene.
(d) Bring in a coalition of forces against the Vietcong.

5. What had McNamara done by the time he took over as Secretary of Defense?
(a) Studied and identified the problems at the Pentagon.
(b) Instituted successful reforms at Ford.
(c) Reviewed American foreign policy.
(d) Consulted with Kennedy about his goals and methods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say McNamara had done while he was at Ford?

2. What did the report that came out of the fact-finding trip to Vietnam in early 1965 ultimately advocate?

3. Whom had Eleanor Roosevelt wanted Kennedy to appoint as Secretary of State?

4. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?

5. What does Halberstam say Kennedy had done in response to the meeting with Russians in Vienna?

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