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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. Where was Tang first subjected to racial prejudice?
(a) In America.
(b) In Europe.
(c) In school.
(d) During the war.

2. Where did President Thao lead the alliance delegation in the spring of 1969?
(a) A skirmish with the secret police in Saigon.
(b) A meeting with President Johnson.
(c) A visit to Hanoi.
(d) To the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

3. What were most of the Southern guerrillas pressing hard for in Chapter 18?
(a) A fundamental split in the revolution.
(b) Le Duan's expertise in manipulation during Paris talks.
(c) A commitment to reconciliation.
(d) Internal propaganda.

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) The Americans decided to discontinue their relationship with Diem.
(c) Politcal action would be enough to push Diem aside.
(d) Tang believed a military victory could be possible.

5. Who did the U.S. government signal its willingness to support upon abandoning its support of Diem in the early 1960s?
(a) The NLF.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) General Khanh's rebellion.
(d) The army rebellion led by Van Don.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position in the Provisional Revolutionary Government did Tang receive?

3. What military position did Diem assign to Albert Thao?

4. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?

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

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