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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Nineteen through Twenty-One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the NLF Committee meet in 1961 during Tet?
(a) Government security would be lax at that time.
(b) Members could bring their family with them if desired.
(c) It was the best seasonal weather.
(d) So the members could meet during a celebratory time of year.

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

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

4. Why was Tang's wife allowed to visit Tang when he was imprisoned by the secret police and tortured?
(a) The police wished to torture her also, in front of Tang.
(b) The rules called for family visitors.
(c) She would be arrested also.
(d) She agreed to encourage him to sign an admission of guilt.

5. What did Ho Chi Minh give Tang at the end of their afternoon tea together at Montmorency?
(a) A teacup momento.
(b) A book of Vietnamese history.
(c) A recital of Confucianist sayings.
(d) An autographed photograph.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What was the best-known Ho Chi Minh slogan?

4. What nickname did Madame Phat receive after she spoke of her debt of gratitude to the Party?

5. What did Tang's father ask him in a letter towards the end of 1951?

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