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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. Who was Tao Thao?
(a) An enemy of the alliance.
(b) A legendary king in China.
(c) A North Vietnamese general.
(d) A refugee from the South.

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

3. How did Nixon and Kissinger justify the Tet offensive bombings and invasion of Cambodia?
(a) A propaganda war of words was won.
(b) It gained an essential year of time.
(c) It increased American unity.
(d) It brought an end to the American anti-war protests.

4. What became the chief news item on the prison grapevine after an ethnic Chinese labor leader was shot by prison guards and survived her wounds?
(a) Madame Dang's disappearance and two prisoner executions.
(b) The northern army was close to winning the war.
(c) The Americans were trading prisoners of Chinese ethnicity.
(d) Everyone was destined for execution.

5. What were most of the Southern guerrillas pressing hard for in Chapter 18?
(a) A commitment to reconciliation.
(b) Internal propaganda.
(c) Le Duan's expertise in manipulation during Paris talks.
(d) A fundamental split in the revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ngo Dinh Nhu?

2. What occurred on November 11, 1960?

3. What was the reason behind the National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord as described in Article 9 of the Paris Accords?

4. Who did Tang's wife end up bribing in order to get Tang transferred to the national police headquarters?

5. As long as American strength supported the Saigon government, how did the NLF feel about the idea of total victory?

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