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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Sixteen through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tang and his colleagues find to be the necessary connection between Marxism and independence?
(a) The interdependence of class struggle.
(b) The role of the intelligentsia in the national revolution.
(c) There was no necessary connection.
(d) The war against imperialism.

2. Why did Tang's early mobilization committee in Chapter 7 send Nguyen Van Hieu to Hanoi?
(a) To rid themselves of Hieu.
(b) To gain support from their Northern compatriots.
(c) To plan a mass emigration to America.
(d) To discuss assassination plans for Diem.

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

4. What did Tang's pregnant wife do when both fathers demanded the couple return home?
(a) She returned home alone.
(b) She stayed with her husband in France.
(c) She aborted her baby and stayed in France.
(d) She persuaded Tang to return home with her.

5. What was the main goal of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, organized in 1969?
(a) To represent the Northern Vietnamese.
(b) To influence public opinion on different fronts.
(c) To win the war by force and oust American forces.
(d) To look better in the eyes of the Communist Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did the Saigon forces utilize the PRG's relative passivity to their advantage in Chapter 18?

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

3. What did Tang do upon receiving his second draft notice?

4. What was Chi Hoa?

5. Who did Tang's father allow his sons to interact with outside of the home?

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