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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, "Taking on the System".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. John Paul Vann is a risk-taker to such a degree that other soldiers were amazed at his bravado (or foolhardiness). How is this personality trait described by those that knew him?
(a) Death Wish.
(b) The Vann Luck.
(c) The Luck of the Irish.
(d) Vann's Utter Madness.
2. Who is the Buddhist monk who voluntarily burned himself to death in order to protest the cruel actions of Diem's government in Saigon?
(a) Quang Duc.
(b) Quang Cho.
(c) Ba Lai.
(d) Nguyen Tan.
3. This group of organized gangs and criminals attempt a revolt in South Vietnam's capitol city of Saigon.
(a) Cao Dai.
(b) Binh Xuyen.
(c) Viet Minh.
(d) Khmer Rouge.
4. Which notable newspaper reporter of the era is an attendee at the John Paul Vann funeral?
(a) Walter Cronkite.
(b) Joseph Alsop.
(c) Edward Woodward.
(d) David Horowitz.
5. Which of the following funeral attendees is also an instrumental adviser to the South Vietnamese during the early 1960s?
(a) Lt. Col. Lucien Conein.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) Joseph Alsop.
(d) General Edward Lansdale.
Short Answer Questions
1. In a three-page report, John Paul Vann indicates which of the following about General Huynh Van Cao?
2. What is the nickname of Cao's advisor, Colonel Wilbur Wilson?
3. The army of the Vietcong has doubled in size by what year?
4. How much preparation time do the Vietcong have before the ARVN attacked them at Ap Bac?
5. How does John Paul Vann die?
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