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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the code 34A stand for in the White House?
(a) The plan to bomb North Vietnam.
(b) The covert actions that responded to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
(c) Diplomacy to end the war.
(d) Search and destroy missions.

2. What did Hanoi do in response to U.S. war games in the South?
(a) Withdraw troops from the South.
(b) Seek peace talks.
(c) Launch the Gulf of Tonkin attacks.
(d) Send more Vietcong down the trails.

3. Whom did Robert Lovett recommend to Kennedy for Secretary of State?
(a) Robert McNamara.
(b) McGeorge Bundy.
(c) Dean Rusk.
(d) Chester Bowles.

4. On which issue does Halberstam say Kennedy compromised with the military?
(a) Free fire zones.
(b) The use of jets.
(c) Bombing in the north.
(d) The use of napalm.

5. What does Halberstam say was Robert McNamara's role in the White House policy discussions?
(a) McNamara followed the will of the other advisers.
(b) McNamara enforced Kennedy's will.
(c) McNamara filled in the details of others' plans.
(d) McNamara dominated discussions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had USAID done in Vietnam at the beginning of Chapter 15?

2. What committee had Kennedy served on in the Senate?

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

4. Who tipped off Senator Wayne Morse about the real situation of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

5. Who traveled to Vietnam after the 1965 inauguration?

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