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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence does Halberstam give for the deterioration of the mood in America?
(a) Budget fights in the Senate.
(b) Confrontational anti-war protests.
(c) Civil rights protests.
(d) Seats being lost in mid-term elections.

2. What does Halberstam say happened to Diem and Nhu after they fled?
(a) They were captured and killed.
(b) They were granted haven in Japan.
(c) They reached America and settled there.
(d) They returned to power.

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

4. What does Halberstam say was the effect of the Gulf of Tonkin incident on the U.S. government?
(a) It demonstrated that American strategy was working.
(b) It led some to question the legality of the war.
(c) It convinced Americans that the war was senseless.
(d) It strengthened U.S. resolve to win in Vietnam.

5. What movement regarding the war does Halberstam say started at the University of California in Berkeley?
(a) The Free Speech Movement.
(b) The peace movement.
(c) The balanced budget movement.
(d) The Civil Rights movement.

6. What was Paul Kattenburg's view of the war, in early 1964?
(a) He doubted its correctness.
(b) He thought it was a waste of political and economic capital.
(c) He saw it as an experiment in nation-building.
(d) He described it as a crusade.

7. When does Halberstam say the Johnson administration realized that Bundy was necessary to their planning?
(a) When McNamara's plans were ineffectual.
(b) When Diem was overthrown, as Bundy had predicted he would be.
(c) When Taylor's theories were proven wrong.
(d) When they had a hard time while he was on vacation.

8. What did the fact-finding trip to Vietnam in early 1965 coincide with?
(a) Premiere Kosygin's visit to Hanoi.
(b) Civil rights demonstrations in Alabama.
(c) The assassination of Martin Luther King. Jr.
(d) The creation of Social Security in America.

9. What does Halberstam say was the military's opinion after the start of Rolling Thunder?
(a) The military thought the war would last six months.
(b) The military wanted to keep experimenting with saturation bombing techniques.
(c) The military expected the campaign to bring victory in 3-5 years.
(d) The military predicted a war of attrition.

10. How does Halberstam say Kennedy was feeling about the war at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Dispirited.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Frustrated.

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

12. What does Halberstam say was going to cause the realities of the war to be made public?
(a) Passage of the Freedom of Information Act.
(b) The media.
(c) The process of paying for the war.
(d) Leaks from inside the government.

13. What does Halberstam say was the conclusion of the study that analyzed the results of a bombing attack against the north?
(a) The report concluded that bombing would break the Vietcong's supply routes, and end resistance.
(b) The report concluded that bombing would deter any further guerilla-style attacks against the South.
(c) The report concluded that bombing would strengthen the North by building opposition to the Americans.
(d) The report concluded that bombing would overwhelm the people, and drain support for further attacks.

14. What does Halberstam say was the outcome of the report on the bombing attacks?
(a) The report resulted justifiying sending more troops and bombers to Vietnam.
(b) The report was ignored, although it delayed the bombings.
(c) The report resulted in the withdrawal of American combat troops.
(d) The report led to sanctions against the American military.

15. 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 point at which the American people were no longer going to support the war.
(d) The location at which forces could engage face to face.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did President Johnson send to Vietnam to investigate the situation there?

2. What does Halberstam say the Kennedy administration found out after the coup?

3. What strategy does Halberstam say evolved out of the struggle over troop strength?

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

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

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