A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

Neil Sheehan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

Neil Sheehan
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6, "A Second Time Around".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. President Ngo Dinh Diem is made president of South Vietnam by the _______________.
(a) United Nations.
(b) People of South Vietnam.
(c) American government.
(d) Viet Minh.

2. What is the original name for the Agency for International Development (AID)?
(a) United States Operations Mission (USOM).
(b) Blackwater Combat Support.
(c) Peace Corps.
(d) Big Red One.

3. Who is the provincial chief of this Vietnamese province, targeted for liberation?
(a) Major Nam Ho Ling.
(b) Major Guang Xi Hue.
(c) Major Ba Quang.
(d) Major Nguyen Tri Hanh.

4. 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) Tet Offensives of 1968.
(b) The Fall of Saigon.
(c) The death of Ho Chi Minh.
(d) Burning of the Reichstag.

5. The name for the pro-North Vietnamese forces based in South Vietnam is the ___________________.
(a) The Resistance.
(b) Communist Army of South Vietnam.
(c) National Liberation Front.
(d) People's Liberation Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. During 1962, much of South Vietnam is __________.

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

3. U.S. military ships are fired on during a routine mission in this body of water:

4. In what year are John Paul Vann and Mary married?

5. Which of the following helicopters are newly introduced to the ARVN/U.S. forces by the time of the Battle of Ap Bac?

(see the answer key)

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