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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 did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?
(a) A brilliant theoretical thinker.
(b) A bright new talent.
(c) A connection with the opposition.
(d) A link to previous administrations.

2. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?
(a) He didn't have time.
(b) China was not a high priority.
(c) China was experiencing a revolution.
(d) His China advisor had not been confirmed.

3. What did the code 34A stand for in the White House?
(a) Search and destroy missions.
(b) The covert actions that responded to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
(c) The plan to bomb North Vietnam.
(d) Diplomacy to end the war.

4. What policies had Robert Lovett been involved in crafting?
(a) Treaties with China and Russia.
(b) Changes to Medicare.
(c) The Marshall plan.
(d) A reorganization of the military.

5. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?
(a) It established a procedure for holding elections.
(b) It determined how prisoners of war would be exchanged.
(c) It sanctioned the north for its attacks on the south.
(d) It divided the country in two, a north and a south.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was in charge of the operation code named 34A?

3. What measures does Halberstam say Washington, D.C. took when the soldiers dissented over conditions?

4. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to David Bruce?

5. What does Halberstam say the U.S. government had to rely on once it had advisers in Vietnam?

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