Chapter 10

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-d by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

Question 1

Who succeeded the assassinated Ngo Dinh Diem as leader of South Vietnam in 1963?

a) General Nguyen Khanh

b) General Nguyen Van Thieu

c) General 'Big' Minh

d) Air Vice-Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky

Question 2

Which of these US officials opposed the military escalation of the Vietnam War in 1964-5?

a) Robert McNamara

b) George Ball

c) Dean Rusk

d) McGeorge Bundy

Question 3

Which of these countries sent troops to fight alongside the Americans in Vietnam?

a) South Korea.

b) Great Britain.

c) Pakistan.

d) Japan

Question 4

Approximately what was the peak figure of US troop numbers deployed in Vietnam in 1968?

a) 540,000

b) 475,000

c) 570,000

d) 320,000

Question 5

Who took power in Cambodia in March 1970?

a) Prince Sihanouk

b) Pol Pot

c) Ho Chi Minh

d) Lon Nol

Question 6

What were the dates of the passage and repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?

a) 1965 and 1971

b) 1963 and 1972

c) 1964 and 1970

d) 1964 and 1973

Question 7

What was 'Operation Rolling Thunder'?

a) Retaliatory US air attacks following the Gulf of Tonkin incident

b) Sustained US bombing campaign of North Vietnam in 1965-68

c) US bombing campaign against North Vietnam around Christmas 1972

d) Landing of US Marines at Da Nang in March 1965

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