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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the fact-finding mission discover at about the time of the problem with the Buddhist monks?
(a) The U.S. was unprepared for guerilla warfare.
(b) Vast corruption.
(c) The North was expanding its recruitment.
(d) Diem was not on top of the situation.

2. Where was the war going well, at the time when the White House was losing faith in Diem, according to Halberstam?
(a) In Quang Nam.
(b) Around Saigon.
(c) In Pleiku.
(d) In the Mekong Delta.

3. What did Johnson say he needed before they could move against the North?
(a) Success around Saigon.
(b) Bipartisan support.
(c) A stable government in the South.
(d) Success in the Mekong delta.

4. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?
(a) It divided the country in two, a north and a south.
(b) It established a procedure for holding elections.
(c) It determined how prisoners of war would be exchanged.
(d) It sanctioned the north for its attacks on the south.

5. What events does Halberstam say affected American perceptions of its global priorities?
(a) The revolution in Cuba.
(b) The agitation of labor unions in America and Europe.
(c) The tension over civil rights in America.
(d) The escalation of the Cold War and the fall of China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Chinese Revolution and the McCarthy period?

2. What plan was the U.S. government preparing for by the end of 1964?

3. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?

4. How does Halberstam say McNamara learned about the affairs in Vietnam?

5. What does Halberstam say marked the end of the generals' faith in Diem?

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