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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Halberstam say happened that threatened the relationship between Diem and the Buddhists?
(a) The Buddhists expanded their protests.
(b) Diem reneged on his promises.
(c) Diem and Nhu retreated into aristocratic aloofness.
(d) The people backed the Buddhists against Diem.

4. Why didn't Kennedy offer the position of Secretary of State to McGeorge Bundy?
(a) Bundy had a reputation for saying damaging things off the cuff.
(b) Bundy did not have the support of the Jews.
(c) Bundy was a Republican and too young.
(d) Bundy was too old and conservative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the logic behind the U.S.'s actions after the 1961 fact-finding mission?

2. What issue had Kennedy and Dean Rusk had to discuss when Dean Rusk was offered the Secretary of State job?

3. What did the fact-finding mission discover at about the time of the problem with the Buddhist monks?

4. How does Halberstam say Dean Rusk felt about his interview with Kennedy for the Secretary of State job?

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

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