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

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 McNamara's plans were ineffectual.
(d) When they had a hard time while he was on vacation.

2. Who oversaw domestic operations of the operation code named 34A?
(a) Maxwell Taylor.
(b) McGeorge Bundy.
(c) General Westmoreland.
(d) General Harkins.

3. Which problem did NOT arise for the Kennedy administration during 1961?
(a) Escalation of problems in Laos.
(b) Arms race.
(c) Financial crisis.
(d) Bay of Pigs invasion.

4. What issue had Kennedy and Dean Rusk had to discuss when Dean Rusk was offered the Secretary of State job?
(a) Rusk's Judaism.
(b) Finances.
(c) Personal morality.
(d) Family values.

5. How does Halberstam say Lyndon Johnson felt in the Kennedy administration?
(a) He felt like a relic of previous administrations.
(b) He felt like a socialist among capitalists.
(c) He felt like a midwesterner among East-coast men.
(d) He felt like a teacher among his students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What family was McGeorge Bundy descended from?

2. What policies had Robert Lovett been involved in crafting?

3. What does Halberstam say McNamara tried to do with his fact-finding missions to Vietnam?

4. How did McNamara's position on bombing change over time?

5. When does Halberstam say the President's thinking about bombing began to change?

(see the answer key)

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