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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. How did Lyndon Johnson want to be remembered, in Halberstam's account?
(a) As an achiever.
(b) As a diplomat.
(c) As an expert.
(d) As a force for peace.

2. Whom did Kennedy ask to be Secretary of State instead of Adlai Stevenson?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Dean Rusk.
(c) Robert McNamara.
(d) Chester Bowles.

3. What does Halberstam say the Kennedy administration found out after the coup?
(a) The government did not know what was going on in the war.
(b) The Buddhists were attracting dissidents in opposition to the government.
(c) The Vietnamese government did not have its people's support.
(d) The Vietnamese government did not have control of the Delta.

4. When did the Spring offensive start in Vietnam?
(a) June 1966.
(b) April 1964.
(c) March 1963.
(d) May 1965.

5. What had USAID done in Vietnam at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Refused to work with the American military.
(b) Cut off commodity aid.
(c) Recalled its missionaries.
(d) Removed its military advisers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?

2. Which situation had the biggest effect on the Kennedy administration in 1961?

3. Who traveled to Vietnam after the 1965 inauguration?

4. How does Halberstam say Lyndon Johnson felt in the Kennedy administration?

5. What does Halberstam say was the Joint Chiefs of Staff's perception of the problem in Vietnam?

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