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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. How did Albert Thao become a trusted member of Diem's administration?
(a) He changed his political views completely.
(b) He trusted no one.
(c) He was thought of as a repentant former communist by a priest.
(d) He was able to bribe imporant officials.

2. What happened to Tang ten days before Albert Thao attempted a coup on Khan's regime?
(a) He was sent to America as a diplomat.
(b) He left the NLF for good.
(c) He refused to let Thao take refuge with him.
(d) He was arrested.

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

4. Who was Ngo Dinh Nhu?
(a) Prime Minister of Vietnam.
(b) Organizer of the National Liberation Front.
(c) Leader of the National Revolutionary Movement.
(d) A teacher at Saigon University.

5. How did Albert Thao capitalize on his role of investigating army officers for disloyalty to Diem?
(a) He developed relationships with prominent military figures.
(b) He was able to spy on anyone he pleased.
(c) He did not have to work very hard.
(d) He would plan a coup in this way.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Tang and his colleagues find to be the necessary connection between Marxism and independence?

3. What did the underground resistance Tang was involved with eventually evolve into?

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

5. Why was Tang's wife allowed to visit Tang when he was imprisoned by the secret police and tortured?

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