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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the logic behind the U.S.'s actions after the 1961 fact-finding mission?
(a) Inaction would allow trade to develop.
(b) Further delay would defuse the situation.
(c) Wait for the Vietnamese elections.
(d) A show of force would intimidate the Vietcong.

2. What does Halberstam say was the state of tensions within the White House as involvement in Vietnam escalated?
(a) Anyone who disagreed with Kennedy was removed.
(b) Long and open debates brought new ideas to the policies.
(c) Aides gathered around Kennedy's will.
(d) There were many disagreements.

3. What did Kennedy represent to Eleanor Roosevelt's followers?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Businessmen.
(c) The new breed.
(d) Old guard.

4. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?
(a) As a boon to the military contractors.
(b) As a gift to Asian allies.
(c) As a diversion from domestic problems.
(d) As a war against Communism.

5. What was Kennedy's position on the Cold War policies of his predecessors?
(a) He did not want to follow them.
(b) He was going to improve on them.
(c) He was going to end them.
(d) He was going to continue them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert Lovett remember about Kennedy after the assassination?

2. What made McGeorge Bundy an effective administrator?

3. What were Diem and Nhu's politics relative to the Vietnamese population's politics?

4. What position had Robert Lovett been appointed to in 1947?

5. Who was Kennedy's military analyst on the 1961 fact-finding mission?

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