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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 Robert Lovett remember about Kennedy after the assassination?
(a) Kennedy's weakness in the face of challenges.
(b) Kennedy's youth and inexperience.
(c) Kennedy's romantic ideology.
(d) Kennedy's kindness and consideration.

2. How does Halberstam define the flash point?
(a) The point at which he would convince the American people to support the war.
(b) The point to which the U.S. could escalate without going to war.
(c) The location at which forces could engage face to face.
(d) The point at which the American people were no longer going to support the war.

3. What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin as a part of 34A?
(a) The VIetcong launched missiles at an American plane.
(b) An American ship was torpedoed.
(c) An American ship sunk a North Vietnamese PT boat.
(d) An American plane was shot down by Russian Migs.

4. What problem does Halberstam say Maxwell Taylor had in Vietnam?
(a) Taylor could not understand how the Vietcong withstood the bombings.
(b) Taylor could not get honest reporting.
(c) Taylor could not control things like he had elsewhere.
(d) Taylor could not convince his superiors that conditions were bad.

5. What problem does Halberstam say McNamara discovered in Vietnam?
(a) The war effort was hampered by corruption and inefficient military support.
(b) The government was unpopular and the U.S. mission was not clear.
(c) That America's allies in the region were opposed to further involvement.
(d) The government wasn't working out and the Vietcong were gaining strength.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of reports does Halberstam say would come from the head of the U.S. command after his 1962 appointment?

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

4. What position did Maxwell Taylor begin to support as a result of his late 1964 trip to Vietnam?

5. The war continued until which President took office?

(see the answer key)

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