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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Sixteen through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Diem and Nhu during the coup in Chapter 6?
(a) They begged for their lives inside the Palace.
(b) They were killed outside a church.
(c) They were able to subdue the coup and retake control.
(d) They were imprisoned in Saigon.

2. How did Tang meet his second wife?
(a) They had both joined the resistance.
(b) A colleague introduced them.
(c) His father set them up together.
(d) They met in the Cai Lay region.

3. Why was the main goal of the Northern forces in 1972 to get the U.S. out of Vietnam?
(a) To stimulate Vietnam's economy.
(b) To show the world that America was oppressive.
(c) To isolate the Thieu regime, bringing domestic opposition to them.
(d) To stop the heavy hits of the B-52 bombs.

4. Why did the NLF Committee meet in 1961 during Tet?
(a) So the members could meet during a celebratory time of year.
(b) It was the best seasonal weather.
(c) Members could bring their family with them if desired.
(d) Government security would be lax at that time.

5. What were the watchwords of the danh va dam strategy used throughout the Paris talks?
(a) Unionize and gather.
(b) Separate and isolate.
(c) Fight and win.
(d) Contradict and stimulate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the NLF's response to Nixon's "Vietnamization"?

2. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?

3. What does "tin," a basic ethical principle in Confucianism, refer to?

4. What movement did Tang decide to join after his meeting with Ho Chi Minh?

5. Why were the Montagnards' village populations forced by Diem's troops out of the mountains and into the valleys, separating them from their ancestral lands and graves?

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