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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 kind of reports does Halberstam say would come from the head of the U.S. command after his 1962 appointment?
(a) Reports that were imperial propaganda.
(b) Highly detailed reports.
(c) Unrealistic reports.
(d) Pragmatic and diplomatic reports.

2. What had happened to reduce the Communism threat by the time McNamara took over as Secretary of Defense?
(a) Cuba had instituted its own version of Communism.
(b) Russia and China had split.
(c) McCarthy had purged Communists from American politics.
(d) Communism had failed in North Korea.

3. What does Halberstam say happened that strained the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?
(a) The Buddhists instigated confrontations with the army.
(b) The government seized land and temples from the Buddhists.
(c) The government raided the pagodas and blamed it on the army.
(d) The Buddhists martyred themselves in opposition to the government.

4. What position did Maxwell Taylor begin to support as a result of his late 1964 trip to Vietnam?
(a) Withdrawing troops from Vietnam.
(b) A bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
(c) International sanctions against North Vietnam.
(d) Renewing diplomatic efforts.

5. What pressure does Halberstam say the events of September and October of 1963 relieved for Kennedy?
(a) He no longer felt the need to prove himself to Kruschev.
(b) He was relieved of budgetary pressure.
(c) He felt like he was finally hitting his stride in the presidency.
(d) He no longer felt the political pressure to deliver a victory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opposed the fact-finding trip to Vietnam in early 1965?

2. How did McNamara's position on bombing change over time?

3. What does Halberstam say became clear by the time Rolling Thunder had been in effect for six weeks?

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

5. When does Halberstam say the Johnson administration realized that Bundy was necessary to their planning?

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