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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 the administration had led the American people to believe about the war?
(a) That it would not be a large war.
(b) That international consensus would build in support of America's actions.
(c) That the war would pay for itself.
(d) That American air power would win the war quickly.

2. What did the code 34A stand for in the White House?
(a) Diplomacy to end the war.
(b) The plan to bomb North Vietnam.
(c) Search and destroy missions.
(d) The covert actions that responded to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

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

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

5. Who tipped off Senator Wayne Morse about the real situation of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) General Westmoreland.
(c) An anonymous caller.
(d) McGeorge Bundy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Halberstam say the U.S. spun the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

2. What did the fact-finding trip to Vietnam in early 1965 coincide with?

3. What does Halberstam say the U.S. assured its generals during their meeting in Vietnam?

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

5. What had USAID done in Vietnam at the beginning of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the reality of the war become public information?

4. What happened during the second Gulf of Tonkin incident?

5. What was President Johnson's position with regard to bombing?

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

7. What program did Maxwell Taylor call for in the paper he wrote on his way back from Vietnam?

8. What does Halberstam say McNamara found in Vietnam when the Johnson administration took over?

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

10. What does Halberstam say was Johnson's approach to paying for the war?

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