Starter quiz

  • Complete the sentence: Operation ______ II saw the US fly nearly 2000 missions and drop nearly 35 000 tonnes of bombs on North Vietnam over the course of 12 days in December 1972.
    • Rolling Thunder
    • Linebacker  ✓
    • Search and Destroy
    • Menu
  • When was the Paris Peace Agreement signed?
    • 1st January 1973
    • 27th January 1973  ✓
    • 1st March 1974
    • 13th March 1974
  • Under the terms of the treaty, how would Vietnam be unified?
    • through elections overseen by independent people to make sure it was fair  ✓
    • the government of the North would assume control over all of Vietnam
    • the government of the South would assume control over all of Vietnam
    • unification was not agreed upon by those involved
  • What award were the main negotiators of the treaty - Henry Kissinger of the US and Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam - presented with in 1973?
    • 'Nobel Peace Prize' ✓
  • How long did the ceasefire between North and South Vietnam last until it was broken?
    • less than one day  ✓
    • nearly a week
    • roughly a month
    • just over a year
  • Why did the US not keep its promise to re-enter the war if North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam after the peace treaty was signed?
    • The US Army was already engaged in a different war.
    • There were huge anti-war demonstrations again.
    • The new US president was a pacifist who did not believe in fighting.
    • The US Congress refused to grant permission to re-enter the war.  ✓
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