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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halberstam say conditions were like in South Vietnam by the end of 1964?
(a) Improving.
(b) Settling into a war of attrition.
(c) Deteriorating.
(d) Stabilizing.

2. When did McNamara say the U.S. would be out of Vietnam, when he visited the country?
(a) By the end of 1965.
(b) By the beginning of 1966.
(c) By the end of 1968.
(d) By 1970.

3. What does Halberstam say General Westmoreland was projecting after 1965?
(a) More troops and more years of war.
(b) More bombings and fewer troops on the ground.
(c) More casualties, but also more political victories.
(d) More political pressure and fewer battles.

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

5. What does Halberstam say happened when control shifted out of Taylor's hands in March and April 1965?
(a) Reports began to be issued with greater frequency.
(b) Reports began to reduce estimations of Vietcong troop strength.
(c) Reports began to be closer to actual realities.
(d) Reports began to describe American troops' atrocities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Halberstam say was the purpose of operation Rolling Thunder?

3. What evidence does Halberstam give for the deterioration of the mood in America?

4. What did the U.S. embassy offer to Diem and Nhu when the coup began?

5. Who was in charge of the operation code named 34A?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Dean Rusk's role in Vietnam after Kennedy's assassination?

2. What was the military's position on bombing North Vietnam?

3. What does Halberstam say became clear to the American government after Diem's death?

4. What was the result of the first direct confrontation with Vietcong and American troops?

5. What does Halberstam say happened when Westmoreland assumed control?

6. What happened to Diem and Nhu during the coup?

7. What was President Johnson's position regarding Vietnam in the early days of his presidency?

8. What issues were discussed as there started to be struggles over Vietnam strategy in mid-1965?

9. What does Halberstam say the effect of the Vietnam war on the American people was?

10. Describe what Halberstam calls 'the Bundy trip' to Vietnam.

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