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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John Paul Vann summarize the events at Ap Bac?
(a) "A misterable damn performance."
(b) "A masterful coordination with the ARVN."
(c) "A complete disaster."
(d) "A narrow loss."

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

3. What position is offered to John Paul Vann by Secretary of State Robert McNamara?
(a) Chief of Asian Division.
(b) Supreme Allied Commander for Southeast Asia.
(c) Robert McNamara's Undersecretary of State.
(d) Head of Joint Chiefs of Staff.

4. Starting in April, 1967, these event begin as a result of the growing VC numbers:
(a) Allied Ground Surge.
(b) Aerial Bombardments.
(c) Hill Fights.
(d) Lightning Strikes.

5. During 1967, John Paul Vann is working to set up the which organization?
(a) United Nations International Children's Education Fund (UNICEF).
(b) Mobile command center for the American forces.
(c) Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS).
(d) The Peace Corps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which ARVN commander launches a "dummy assault" on the Ap Bac site to save face and put a positive PR spin on the confrontation?

2. What are the findings of the generals sent to Saigon with regard to the ARVN/American performance at Ap Bac?

3. In a three-page report, John Paul Vann indicates which of the following about General Huynh Van Cao?

4. 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?

5. In what year does John Paul Vann, Ramsey, and a few others send a new strategic proposal to Washington, DC?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did General Harkins feel the way he did about John Paul Vann's report?

2. Was John Paul Vann content to fulfill his new duties? Why or why not?

3. How and where did John Paul Vann die? Provide details.

4. By this time, what was the political situation in Saigon?

5. What was John Paul Vann's strategy for turning the war in the United States' favor? How did this differ from the U.S. policy at the time?

6. What vital information did John Paul Vann include in a three-page report to General Harkins and Colonel Porter regarding General Huynh Van Cao's approach to the war?

7. Who was the most influential and first real friend that John Paul Vann had? Why did this person have such an impact on John Paul Vann's life?

8. What media figure befriends John Paul Vann and is responsible for stealing and leaking the "Pentagon Papers" to the U.S. media? What strategy of John Paul Vann's did this person find most appealing?

9. Following the inconclusive, but embarrassing, result of Ap Bac, General Huynh Van Cao launched a dummy attack on the same location. Why did he do this? What was the result?

10. What kind of a person was Frank Vann?

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