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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Thirteen through Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the PRG believe that having Tang's brothers working for the South Vietnamese government might help their cause?
(a) Family ties in the government gave the public reassurance about Tang.
(b) Tang could be viewed as a double agent.
(c) One of the brothers could become a spy.
(d) A brother's family could be held hostage in the future.

2. What prevented Tang from attending the First National Congress in 1962?
(a) His connections were gone and he could not get there.
(b) There were no black pajamas available for him.
(c) He had an ulcer crisis.
(d) He was arrested.

3. What did the underground resistance Tang was involved with eventually evolve into?
(a) The National Liberation Front.
(b) The Demilitarized Zone.
(c) The North Vietnamese Army.
(d) The Provisional Revolutionary Government.

4. Why were the various sites for the PRG ministries chosen to be deep within the "Iron Triangle" of sanctuaries and bases, near the Cambodian border?
(a) To stifle communication with COSVN.
(b) As good proection from B-52 and helicopter asssaults.
(c) It was what President Phat deeemed best.
(d) To be close to the Gulf of Thailand.

5. Why were Tang and a fellow pharmacy student, Miss Ly, chosen to have tea with Ho Chi Minh?
(a) He chose them at random.
(b) He saw them as future leaders.
(c) They were from the south.
(d) They were the brightest students.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Albert Thao believe about Diem's leadership in Vietnam?

3. Who was Tao Thao?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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