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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Halberstam say McNamara learned about the affairs in Vietnam?
(a) By conducting academic studies.
(b) By talking to people.
(c) By reading reports.
(d) By seeing for himself.

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

3. What had USAID done in Vietnam at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Recalled its missionaries.
(b) Removed its military advisers.
(c) Cut off commodity aid.
(d) Refused to work with the American military.

4. Why does Halberstam say Harkins had a hard time firing one of his people in the Mekong Delta?
(a) He was discouraged from using his authority.
(b) He knew the person needing to be fired personally.
(c) He was told that there would be too many repercussions.
(d) He was told that everything was under control there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the U.S. embassy offer to Diem and Nhu when the coup began?

2. Why did President Johnson authorize bombing attacks on North Vietnam, in Halberstam's account?

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

4. Where was the war going well, at the time when the White House was losing faith in Diem, according to Halberstam?

5. Why did the Americans back down on demands for reform in Vietnam in 1962, in Halberstam's account?

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