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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Americans back down on demands for reform in Vietnam in 1962, in Halberstam's account?
(a) Diem had begun to renege on his promises.
(b) Reforms had already been accomplished.
(c) Diem could not afford reforms.
(d) They lost confidence that reforms could be implemented.

2. What does Halberstam say was the sense in the Kennedy administration as they came into office?
(a) They were going to continue the country's prosperity.
(b) They were going to institute a new era of peace.
(c) They were going to get the country moving again.
(d) They were going to conquer the Russians.

3. What does Halberstam say was the problem with the Kennedy administration's pragmatism?
(a) It was not backed with muscular diplomacy.
(b) There were too many crises at once.
(c) It did not have real-world experience.
(d) It was grounded in academic theory.

4. When did the problem with the Buddhist monks begin?
(a) March 1961.
(b) May 1963.
(c) November 1962.
(d) April 1962.

5. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?
(a) He had a rigid sense of principle.
(b) He did not brook opposition.
(c) He could sense what others were thinking and what they needed.
(d) He listened to others and used their ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Geneva Convention decide in Vietnam?

2. Where was the war going badly, at the time when the White House was losing faith in Diem?

3. What does Halberstam say was Lyndon Johnson's feeling about the coup?

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

5. What does Halberstam say McNamara learned that he had to do in order to argue against nuclear weapons?

(see the answer key)

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