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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the audience appear when Kerry first appeared on camera during the Dick Cavett Show?
(a) They were on his side.
(b) They booed loudly.
(c) They didn't know who he was.
(d) They were silent.

2. What do the Swiftees say that Kerry's actual nickname was in Vietnam?
(a) Boston Pretender.
(b) Boston Coward.
(c) Boston Strangler.
(d) Boston Whiner.

3. What does VVAW stand for?
(a) Vietnam Victims Against the War.
(b) Vietnam Veterans Against the World.
(c) Vietnam Veterans Acting Wrongly.
(d) Vietnam Veterans Against the War.

4. What does Kerry admit to about his decision to be part of the Swift Boats during Vietnam, in The Vietnam Experience: A War Remembered?
(a) That he was looking forward to seeing the frontlines up close.
(b) That he misunderstood his assignment.
(c) That he assumed he would be doing patrolling and did not want to get involved with the war.
(d) That he had no intention of doing any patrolling.

5. What person did Kerry compare himself to during his tour?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Walter Mondale.

6. What was the result of Kerry's congressional run after the Dick Cavett Show?
(a) He won.
(b) He failed.
(c) It was declared a draw.
(d) He withdrew from the race.

7. Who has Kerry relied on to support his claims of "war crimes" committed by American troops in Vietnam?
(a) Imposters posing as friends.
(b) Imposters posing as commanders.
(c) Imposters posing as his fellow officers.
(d) Imposters posing as veterans.

8. Out of the few months Kerry spent in Vietnam, how many of them were for training purposes?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

9. What did Kerry have a high regard for, according to those who served with him?
(a) His own well being.
(b) His exaggerated stories.
(c) His personal accountability.
(d) His fellow officers.

10. What was Kerry referencing during his tour of duty in Vietnam, with regards to Purple Hearts?
(a) An obscure regulation that released soldiers with 3 Purple Hearts.
(b) A well known book detailing the benefits of Purple Hearts in political careers.
(c) A well known regulation that released soldiers with 3 Purple Hearts.
(d) An obscure book detailing the benefits of Purple Hearts in political careers.

11. Based on Kerry's report, what kind of knowledge did the U.S. Army have of these "atrocities"?
(a) Partial knowledge at all levels of command.
(b) Full knowledge at all levels of command.
(c) Partial knowledge at almost all levels of command.
(d) Full knowledge at almost all levels of command.

12. What does Kerry claim about his request to enter the military that is not supported by any military records?
(a) That he volunteered for 4 tours of duty.
(b) That he volunteered for 3 tours of duty.
(c) That he volunteered for 2 tours of duty.
(d) That he volunteered for an unlimited amount of tours.

13. What does O'Neill call Kerry during his time in Vietnam?
(a) Just another number.
(b) Just another soldier.
(c) Just another war criminal.
(d) Just another politician.

14. Who was in a sampan that Kerry ordered to be fired upon, according to his biography in the Boston Globe?
(a) Three women and no men.
(b) A mother and her grown child.
(c) Two women and two men.
(d) A mother and small child.

15. How did Kerry distort shooting himself in the buttocks in order to receive his third purple heart?
(a) He claimed he was shot by the enemy.
(b) He claimed it was an accident caused by the intense pressures of an enemy battle.
(c) He claimed it was friendly fire.
(d) He claimed he was captured by the enemy and forced to sit on a mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did O'Neill request from the Committee after hearing Kerry's testimony?

2. What did Kerry fail to do during his debate with O'Neill on the Dick Cavett Show?

3. How did Kerry injure himself during his time with the skimmer?

4. Which of the following words are not used to describe Kerry by the authors during his time in Vietnam?

5. How does Kerry's gunner, Stephen Gardner, describe the sampan incident?

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