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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Halberstam say the Johnson administration realized that Bundy was necessary to their planning?
(a) When Taylor's theories were proven wrong.
(b) When Diem was overthrown, as Bundy had predicted he would be.
(c) When they had a hard time while he was on vacation.
(d) When McNamara's plans were ineffectual.

2. What policy did Rostow support in Vietnam?
(a) Battleship diplomacy.
(b) An appeasement policy.
(c) A policy of rapprochement.
(d) An aggressive anti-Communist policy.

3. Where does the book open?
(a) Kennedy's family home in Massachusetts.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Kennedy's Georgetown townhouse.

4. What does Halberstam say McNamara tried to do with his fact-finding missions to Vietnam?
(a) Provide a forum for dissenting soldiers.
(b) Conceal the deteriorating conditions.
(c) Protect the President.
(d) Publish the truth.

5. What does Halberstam say the U.S. government had to rely on once it had advisers in Vietnam?
(a) Reports from the military.
(b) Diplomatic accounts from Vietnam.
(c) Strategists in the Pentagon.
(d) Reporters and aid workers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the Kennedy administration see the war in Vietnam?

3. Who does Halberstam say eventually took on the role of setting the tone for Vietnam policy?

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

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

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