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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Diem's To Cong campaign?
(a) Jailing and execution of communist sympathizers.
(b) A well-organized center of Diem's opposition.
(c) Nhu's revolutionary movement.
(d) Diem's long run for political office.

2. Who did Bao Dai name as Prime Minister?
(a) Vo Nguyen Giap.
(b) Ngo Dinh Diem.
(c) Chau Van Tiep.
(d) Zhou En-Lai.

3. What did Tang's wife ultimately do about her marriage in Chapter 3?
(a) She returned to Tang and had her child.
(b) She stayed married to Tang through letters.
(c) She commited suicide.
(d) She left the marriage to obey her father.

4. What was the best-known Ho Chi Minh slogan?
(a) "Use your knowledge to build the future of our country."
(b) "Our country was doubly exploited."
(c) "Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty."
(d) "The people have come together in a struggle for national liberation."

5. When a revolution in Saigon took place in 1945, which group did Tang join?
(a) The Alliance.
(b) Ho Chi Minh's Men.
(c) The Vanguard Youth.
(d) The Neighborhood Contingent.

6. In Chapter 3, what did Tang become more and more involved with in Paris?
(a) His fiance from Vietnam.
(b) Agitation against the war.
(c) British culture.
(d) His pharmacy studies.

7. Which of the following was NOT an objective of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam?
(a) Bring unity to the different classes of people in the South.
(b) Overthrow the Diem regime.
(c) Build an independent economy.
(d) Bring in American advisers to help with the movement's actions.

8. What were Agrovilles?
(a) A government project of self-contained villages.
(b) A method of increasing revenue for farmers.
(c) A capitalistic branch of society.
(d) Villages in which to house captured enemies.

9. Who did Albert Thao's family get to protect him from harm?
(a) Diem.
(b) Bishop Thuc.
(c) Tang's family.
(d) Vinh Long.

10. How were Phat's commandos able to lure Tho's prison guards away in Chapter 7?
(a) The prison turned out to be unmanned by guards.
(b) The guard's relatives called them away with various family emergencies.
(c) The guards were murdered one by one.
(d) Phat's men lured the guards away with liquor.

11. Where did the leadership of the North place its focus in the 1966 resolution?
(a) On mobilizing the masses.
(b) On Tang, himself.
(c) Upon young people.
(d) On getting better weaponry.

12. What did Tang do upon receiving his second draft notice?
(a) He showed up for active duty.
(b) He reacquainted himself with Ho Chi Minh.
(c) He escaped to England.
(d) He joined the national navy.

13. Who did the U.S. government signal its willingness to support upon abandoning its support of Diem in the early 1960s?
(a) Ho Chi Minh.
(b) General Khanh's rebellion.
(c) The army rebellion led by Van Don.
(d) The NLF.

14. What did Tang suspect about the historical documents used in the infancy of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam?
(a) They were entwined with Ho Chi Minh's overall political insights.
(b) They were written by spies from Diem's regime.
(c) They were poorly devised.
(d) There might be copyright infringement problems in the future.

15. How did Ho Chi Minh ask Tang and his fellow students to refer to him?
(a) As Sir.
(b) As Mr. Minh.
(c) As Mr. President.
(d) As Uncle Ho.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tang find his time in jail to be?

2. What did Albert Thao and Tang finally speak to each other about in Chapter 6?

3. What military position did Diem assign to Albert Thao?

4. Why did Tang's father send Tang's fiance and her father to Paris?

5. After the overthrow of Diem, what did Tang become director-general of?

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