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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did President Johnson send to Vietnam to investigate the situation there?
(a) General Harkin.
(b) General Westmoreland.
(c) Maxwell Taylor.
(d) General Johnson.

2. What did the U.S. embassy offer to Diem and Nhu when the coup began?
(a) Retribution against their enemies.
(b) Protection against their enemies.
(c) Return to power.
(d) Safe conduct out of the country.

3. When does Halberstam say that McNamara realized he had been misled about the conditions in Vietnam?
(a) In his March 1964 trip to Vietnam.
(b) In his December 1963 trip to Vietnam.
(c) When he received envoys from Vietnam in March of 1964.
(d) When he read the military reports in December 1963.

4. Who does Halberstam say remained loyal to Diem when the coup began?
(a) The merchants.
(b) The people.
(c) The Palace Guard.
(d) The southern part of the country.

5. 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.

6. 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 convince his superiors that conditions were bad.
(c) Taylor could not control things like he had elsewhere.
(d) Taylor could not get honest reporting.

7. What was the outcome of the first confrontation between Vietcong and U.S. troops?
(a) 1,200 Vietcong casualties and 200 American casualties.
(b) 2,000 Vietcong casualties and 60 American casualties.
(c) 600 Vietcong casualties and no American casualties.
(d) 900 Vietcong casualties and 450 American casualties.

8. What was McNamara beginning to suspect in Vietnam?
(a) The patience of the American electorate.
(b) The accuracy of bleak military reports.
(c) Diem's trustworthiness.
(d) The capacity for victory in a guerilla war.

9. 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.

10. Who was it who authorized a paper that would rationalize an exit from Vietnam?
(a) John McNaughton.
(b) Robert McNamara.
(c) Averell Harriman.
(d) McGeorge Bundy.

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

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

13. Who traveled to Vietnam after the 1965 inauguration?
(a) Bundy, McNamara and Rusk.
(b) Taylor, Ball and Bundy.
(c) Westmoreland, Harriman and Rusk.
(d) McNamara, Ball and Harriman.

14. What plan was the U.S. government preparing for by the end of 1964?
(a) Have Cambodia and Laos intervene.
(b) Bring in a coalition of forces against the Vietcong.
(c) Strike directly against China.
(d) Have the South take military action against the North.

15. 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 led to sanctions against the American military.
(d) The report resulted in the withdrawal of American combat troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Halberstam say Kennedy was feeling about the war at the beginning of Chapter 15?

2. What does Halberstam say happened to Diem and Nhu after they fled?

3. Who does Halberstam say set the tone for Vietnam policy for the beginning of the Johnson administration?

4. In what way does Halberstam say that Lyndon Johnson resembled Kennedy in his management style?

5. When did McNamara say the U.S. would be out of Vietnam, when he visited the country?

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