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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 did the U.S. embassy offer to Diem and Nhu when the coup began?
(a) Safe conduct out of the country.
(b) Retribution against their enemies.
(c) Return to power.
(d) Protection against their enemies.

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

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

4. What issue did Joseph McCarthy use to energize voters?
(a) Communism conspiracies.
(b) Tax cuts.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) Arms reduction.

5. Why didn't Kennedy formulate a China policy, in Halberstam's account?
(a) China was not a high priority.
(b) He didn't have time.
(c) China was experiencing a revolution.
(d) His China advisor had not been confirmed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

2. Who does Halberstam say remained loyal to Diem when the coup began?

3. How many troops were in Vietnam when Kennedy was assassinated?

4. Where does Halberstam say McNamara found people to work under him as Secretary of Defense?

5. When did Kennedy first send advisers to Vietnam?

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