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

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 G

Neil Sheehan
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7, "John Vann Stays".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John Paul Vann's mother make money for herself?
(a) Manual labor.
(b) Handicrafts.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) A large inheritance from her mother.

2. How many M-113 armored personnel carriers are deployed by the ARVN/American forces to Ap Bac?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

3. During the late 1960s, who is the station chief in Vietnam for the pacification-worker project?
(a) Victor Krulak.
(b) Gordon Jorgenson.
(c) Gordon Brown.
(d) Albert Hall.

4. When do the Vann children eventually start receiving gifts for Christmas?
(a) When they turned 12.
(b) When they grew up and finally moved out.
(c) At age 8.
(d) At the end of the 1930s.

5. What is the nickname of Cao's advisor, Colonel Wilbur Wilson?
(a) Stonewall.
(b) Ironsides.
(c) Coal Bin Willie.
(d) Black Bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is General Harkins replaced?

2. According to John Paul Vann and the author, in what year does the U.S. Marines begin to burn villages to flush out Vietcong encampments?

3. Who is the Buddhist monk who voluntarily burned himself to death in order to protest the cruel actions of Diem's government in Saigon?

4. Which of the following ARVN infantry units is referred to as the "cockpit of war" during Vietnam?

5. Starting in April, 1967, these event begin as a result of the growing VC numbers:

(see the answer key)

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