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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Seven through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Northern Vietnamese government fearful of American involvement in the fighting in Vietnam in the early 1960s?
(a) They had no firearms for a counterattack.
(b) A nuclear bomb attack was anticipated.
(c) Chances for a peaceful, negotiated settlement would vanish.
(d) The Chinese would then become involved.

2. What was the meaning of "Danh va dam, dam va dahn"'?
(a) Invasion and power, power and invasion.
(b) Warfare and peace, peace and warfare.
(c) Freedom and slavery, slavery and freedom.
(d) Fighting and talking, talking and fighting.

3. What did Tang suspect about the historical documents used in the infancy of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam?
(a) There might be copyright infringement problems in the future.
(b) They were written by spies from Diem's regime.
(c) They were poorly devised.
(d) They were entwined with Ho Chi Minh's overall political insights.

4. What did Tang's father decide to do when violence began to erupt in Saigon in 1945?
(a) Join the armed forces.
(b) Evacuate the family to the provinces.
(c) Move the family to Thailand.
(d) Ship his sons off to Paris.

5. When Ho Chi Minh explained Vietnamese history to Tang, what did he say about the French?
(a) The French and the Chinese were fighting the Vietnamese.
(b) The French were helping Vietnam to develop the country.
(c) France had always been Vietnam's ally.
(d) France had used Vietnam as a slave state.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Ho Chi Minh ask Tang and his fellow students to refer to him?

3. Who was the first choice for a leader of the South Vietnamese nationalist movement, though he did not accept the role?

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

5. Why were the Montagnards' village populations forced by Diem's troops out of the mountains and into the valleys, separating them from their ancestral lands and graves?

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