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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 evidence does Halberstam say the President was presented with to make the case for bombing?
(a) U.S. soldiers' atrocities.
(b) Jobs reports in districts where bombs were manufactured.
(c) U.S. soldiers' casualty rates.
(d) Test results from the bomb manufacturers.

2. What does Halberstam say McNamara had done while he was at Ford?
(a) Innovated in the design of the production process.
(b) Created a fiscal crisis.
(c) Raised the quality of the product without raising the cost.
(d) Busted a unionization attempt.

3. What does Halberstam say was Lyndon Johnson's feeling about the coup?
(a) He proposed it.
(b) He endorsed it.
(c) He turned a blind eye to it.
(d) He opposed it.

4. Who opposed the fact-finding trip to Vietnam in early 1965?
(a) The military.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The President.
(d) The State Department.

5. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?
(a) Bundy was a Republican and too young.
(b) Bundy was too old and conservative.
(c) Bundy did not have the support of the Jews.
(d) Bundy had a reputation for saying damaging things off the cuff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the sense in the Kennedy administration as they came into office?

2. What position did the Kennedy administration take with regard to nuclear disarmament?

3. What does Halberstam say happened that strained the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?

4. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

5. What did Robert Lovett represent for Kennedy?

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