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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. To save face following the Battle of Ap Bac, General Cao does which of the following?
(a) Launched a massive aerial offensive against Hanoi.
(b) Staged a dangerous mock attack on the same site for PR reasons.
(c) Surrendered command to John Paul Vann.
(d) Fled to neighboring Cambodia in disgrace.

2. How are the Viet Minh perceived by many of the Vietnamese people, especially in light of their victory over the French in the First Indochina War?
(a) Deeply religious traditionalists.
(b) Patriotic freedom fighters.
(c) Enlightened warriors.
(d) Anti-authoritarian radicals.

3. Which of the following Vietnam War-era journalists is awarded the Pulitzer Prize in December, 1963, for reporting John Paul Vann's assessment of the situation in Vietnam?
(a) Neil Sheehan.
(b) Peter Arnott.
(c) Joe Galloway.
(d) David Halberstam.

4. General Edward Lansdale is a clandestine operative for which U.S. government agency?
(a) Central Intelligence Agency.
(b) Federal Bureau of Investigations.
(c) Internal Revenue Service.
(d) National Security Administration.

5. Which one of the twelve U.S. generals stationed in Saigon feels the need to visit the site of the Battle of Ap Bac to assess what went wrong?
(a) General Westmoreland.
(b) General Porter.
(c) General York.
(d) General Harkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person below gives John Paul Vann his first military command duties with the 7th Division?

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?

3. One of the early propaganda efforts on the part of Diem's South Vietnamese government is to try to identify all Viet Minh as __________________.

4. What does General Harkins believe about the Battle of Ap Bac that puts him at odds with John Paul Vann, his other American subordinates, and even General York?

5. John Paul Vann is born during what era?

(see the answer key)

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