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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, "Antecedents to a Confrontation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which person below gives John Paul Vann his first military command duties with the 7th Division?
(a) Colonel Daniel B. Porter.
(b) Colonel Tim Bradstreet.
(c) General Westmoreland.
(d) General Palmer.

2. Which of the following is another aspect of John Paul Vann's personality mentioned in "The Funeral"?
(a) A relentless blame-dodger.
(b) Deceitful and scheming.
(c) Never questions his orders or the mission once.
(d) Always seems to have difficulty with those in authority.

3. Which United States President oversees the rapid escalation of the war in Vietnam?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Richard M. Nixon.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

4. John Paul Vann's Vietnamese counterpart is named:
(a) Ho Chi Minh.
(b) Ngo Dinh Diem.
(c) Huynh Van Cao.
(d) Pol Pot.

5. One of the early propaganda efforts on the part of Diem's South Vietnamese government is to try to identify all Viet Minh as __________________.
(a) Fascists.
(b) Communists.
(c) Colonialists.
(d) Imperialists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true about the relationship between John Paul Vann and Huynh Van Cao?

2. What is the nickname of Cao's advisor, Colonel Wilbur Wilson?

3. General Edward Lansdale is a clandestine operative for which U.S. government agency?

4. John Paul Vann is born during what era?

5. John Paul Vann admires the "peasant army" of the South Vietnamese, citing these two traits as particularly endearing:

(see the answer key)

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