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

2. What did Nguyen Van Thieu do upon his foreign minister's signing of a peace accord?
(a) He showed good will intentions toward the PRG.
(b) He made it clear that he was ready for a coalition government.
(c) He broadcast no intention of abiding by it.
(d) He went on the air over Radio Hanoi to announce the signing.

3. What form of torture did Tang endure in Chapter 10, causing great pain to his eyes?
(a) Needles near his eyes.
(b) Electric shock.
(c) Constant head bashing.
(d) Bright lights directed into his face.

4. Why were both Nixon and Kissinger unable to formulate policies that would frustrate the strategies of the North?
(a) They could not think about the war in the same way as their enemy could.
(b) The policies involved only air raids.
(c) They did not possess enough weaponry to overcome the North.
(d) The American press was against them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tang and the nationalists feel the Paris agreement would give them an opportunity to do as described in Chapter 18?

2. What did Thieu force university and high school students to do in 1970?

3. What did Ho Chi Minh see Madame Thao doing when he entered the house of the alliance delegation?

4. What did the term "neutralize" mean within the context of the Phoenix Program?

5. Why did Tang and his compatriots refuse the radio being offered to them by the Americans readying them for a prisoner exchange?

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