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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. Who did Tang's wife end up bribing in order to get Tang transferred to the national police headquarters?
(a) Diem.
(b) The butcher.
(c) Prime Minister Quat.
(d) Ba Tra.

2. What was Diem preoccupied with throughout his regime?
(a) Americans.
(b) His brother's welfare.
(c) The farmers and villages.
(d) Internal disloyalty.

3. 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) Fighting and talking, talking and fighting.
(d) Invasion and power, power and invasion.

4. What event pushed aside Tang's trepidations concerning military action against Diem?
(a) The northern government announced its readiness to act to liberate the south.
(b) Politcal action would be enough to push Diem aside.
(c) Tang believed a military victory could be possible.
(d) The Americans decided to discontinue their relationship with Diem.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to Tang ten days before Albert Thao attempted a coup on Khan's regime?

3. Why did Tang's early mobilization committee in Chapter 7 send Nguyen Van Hieu to Hanoi?

4. What did the underground resistance Tang was involved with eventually evolve into?

5. What school subject did Tang enjoy more so than chemistry?

(see the answer key)

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