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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What punishment did the tribunal bestow upon Tang, besides prison, that may have interfered deeply with Tang's credibility within Vietnamese society?
(a) A newspaper editorial.
(b) Suspension from his job.
(c) His driver's license was revoked.
(d) A hefty monetary fine.

2. What event pushed aside Tang's trepidations concerning military action against Diem?
(a) The Americans decided to discontinue their relationship with Diem.
(b) Tang believed a military victory could be possible.
(c) Politcal action would be enough to push Diem aside.
(d) The northern government announced its readiness to act to liberate the south.

3. Who was the first choice for a leader of the South Vietnamese nationalist movement, though he did not accept the role?
(a) Michael Van Vi.
(b) Tran Kim Quan.
(c) Nguyen Huu Tho.
(d) Trinh Dinh Thao.

4. What did the flag devised for the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam later become famous as?
(a) The flag that anti-Vietnam War demonstrators in America displayed.
(b) A sign of peace for the South.
(c) A flag used on Diem's coffin.
(d) The flag of the Vietcong.

5. Who did Tang's father allow his sons to interact with outside of the home?
(a) Neighborhood boys and teachers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Merchants in the town and people in school.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tang do when he was drafted by the Bao Dai government?

2. Why did the NLF Committee meet in 1961 during Tet?

3. What was the official name of the Vietnamese Communist Party?

4. Where was Tang taken in Chapter 9 when two well-dressed men visited him at his office in the sugar company?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When was it decided by the newly appointed NLF Provisional Committee to establish a committee for the Saigon/Cholon/Giadinh zone?

2. Why was it that the National Liberation Front was not anxious to see President Diem overthrown?

3. How did Tang come to be made chief of his neighborhood contingent of the Vanguard Youth?

4. How did the platform of the alliance differ from that of the NLF?

5. Why did the South Vietnamese secret police want to get prisoners to admit to being members of the Communist Party?

6. What was the main goal of the movement for self-determination?

7. What was Tang's main goal during his early leadership of the Young People's Association?

8. What were Tang's feelings toward America when he returned to Saigon in 1955?

9. Why was it that Diem did not have the loyalty of his subjects, the South Vietnamese people?

10. How did Tang's friend, Albert Thao, come to be closely involved with Ngo Dinh Diem?

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