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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What military position did Diem assign to Albert Thao?
(a) Major.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) General.
(d) Private.

2. What is meant by the "Three Kingdoms"?
(a) A respectful way to end the war.
(b) The story behind the founding of the NLF.
(c) A Vietnamese moral tale.
(d) The main Vietnamese religion.

3. What did Tang's wife ultimately do about her marriage in Chapter 3?
(a) She stayed married to Tang through letters.
(b) She left the marriage to obey her father.
(c) She returned to Tang and had her child.
(d) She commited suicide.

4. How were Phat's commandos able to lure Tho's prison guards away in Chapter 7?
(a) The guard's relatives called them away with various family emergencies.
(b) The prison turned out to be unmanned by guards.
(c) The guards were murdered one by one.
(d) Phat's men lured the guards away with liquor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What occurred on November 11, 1960?

3. What career did Tang's father decide Tang should pursue?

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

5. What did Nguyen Van Thieu do when he discovered a prisoner exchange being negotiated between the Americans and the North?

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