Quiz  /  The Vietnam War Quiz

  • 1. 
    Who was the president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, or North Vietnam, during most of the war?

  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Nguyen Huu Tho
  • Tran Dai Quang
  • Bao Dai

  • 2. 
    Which assistance program, implemented by U.S. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954, aimed to aid South Vietnam through psychological warfare and paramilitary activities?

  • Project MKUltra
  • Operation Viet Cong
  • Project 404
  • Saigon Military Mission

  • 3. 
    Which Chinese communist leader supported North Vietnam?

  • Xi Jinping
  • Zhang Gaoli
  • Mao Zedong
  • Nguyen Khanh

  • 4. 
    A Buddhist monk set himself aflame in response to what?

  • South Vietnamese Pres. Ngo Dinh Diem’s religious repression
  • Use of violent military tactics
  • U.S. military presence in civilian neighborhoods
  • War propaganda against communism

  • 5. 
    What was the name of the U.S. surveillance ship that was attacked by North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin?

  • USS Kennedy
  • USS Banner
  • USS Maddox
  • USS Liberty

  • 6. 
    What event of the war caused many Americans to realize that, contrary to what they had been told, victory was not near?

  • Bombing of naval ships in the Gulf of Tonkin
  • Watergate scandal
  • Southern Vietnamese rejection of American soldiers
  • Tet Offensive

  • 7. 
    What was the name of U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon’s plan to enable South Vietnam to fight without a direct U.S. military presence?

  • Operation Rolling Thunder
  • American Removal Plan
  • Operation Condor
  • Vietnamization

  • 8. 
    What happened in Quang Ngia province in 1968?

  • Election of South Vietnamese President Diem
  • My Lai Massacre
  • Death of Ho Chi Minh
  • Announcement of U.S. troop withdrawal

  • 9. 
    North and South Vietnam became the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in what year?

  • 1976
  • 1978
  • 1975
  • 1977
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