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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27 - Epilogue - Final Word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the fact-finding mission discover at about the time of the problem with the Buddhist monks?
(a) The U.S. was unprepared for guerilla warfare.
(b) Vast corruption.
(c) Diem was not on top of the situation.
(d) The North was expanding its recruitment.

2. Who does Halberstam say was making the case for bombing after the 1964 election?
(a) McNamara.
(b) Harriman.
(c) Harkin.
(d) Bundy.

3. Whom did Kennedy want to act as Secretary of State?
(a) He was going to act as his own Secretary of State.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) He was going to abolish the position of Secretary of State.
(d) Chester Bowles.

4. When did Kennedy become well known in Washington?
(a) During the Cuban Missile Crisis.
(b) In the 1960 campaign.
(c) When he first entered politics.
(d) In his race for Senate.

5. Whose input did the French and Americans ignore about Vietnam, in Halberstam's account?
(a) Diplomats.
(b) Military advisers.
(c) Generals.
(d) Lower-level officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the military's opinion after the start of Rolling Thunder?

2. What does Halberstam say General Westmoreland was asking President Johnson for, now that he was in control of Vietnam?

3. What stance does Halberstam say the administration took as the public sentiment deteriorated?

4. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

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

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