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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, "Going to War".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is appointed by General Edward Lansdale to be the President of the Republic of South Vietnam?
(a) Mao Tse-Tung.
(b) Ngo Dinh Diem.
(c) Ho Chi Minh.
(d) Dien Bien Phu.

2. Following their slow but steady stream of military successes, the South Vietnamese President, Ngo Dinh Diem, awards the 7th Infantry Division for their __________________.
(a) Gallantry.
(b) Well-ordered retreats.
(c) Total victory over the Vietcong.
(d) Combat expertise.

3. Which event during the Vietnam War is used to discredit General Westmoreland's overall strategy and cause many Americans to demand an end to U.S. involvement there?
(a) Burning of the Reichstag.
(b) The death of Ho Chi Minh.
(c) The Fall of Saigon.
(d) Tet Offensives of 1968.

4. What word best describes John Paul Vann's physical size?
(a) Small.
(b) Dangerously thin.
(c) Towering.
(d) Portly.

5. What phrase best describes the bulk of the soldiers in the South Vietnamese Army?
(a) Underprepared and untrained.
(b) Cannon fodder.
(c) Grizzled veterans.
(d) Combat ready.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John Paul Vann die?

2. 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?

3. President John F. Kennedy proposes _______________ as a way to deal with possible peasant uprisings spurred on by the Vietcong.

4. What is the nickname of Herb Prevost's squadron?

5. The ARVN forces are often sent to level villages suspected of being what?

(see the answer key)

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