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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. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?
(a) Threw him into the river to drown.
(b) Recruited him as a spy.
(c) Threatened his family with death.
(d) Shot him on the spot.

2. Why were both Nixon and Kissinger unable to formulate policies that would frustrate the strategies of the North?
(a) They could not think about the war in the same way as their enemy could.
(b) The American press was against them.
(c) They did not possess enough weaponry to overcome the North.
(d) The policies involved only air raids.

3. What were the watchwords of the danh va dam strategy used throughout the Paris talks?
(a) Unionize and gather.
(b) Contradict and stimulate.
(c) Separate and isolate.
(d) Fight and win.

4. What was the American Senate's Hatfield amendment?
(a) An increase in air raids in order to finish the war.
(b) It gave funds for American operations in Cambodia and Laos.
(c) It required the withdrawal of troops in return for the release of POWs.
(d) It prohibited funds for American operations in Cambodia and Laos.

5. What was Tang forced to swallow during his imprisonment in Chapter 10, damaging his digestive system?
(a) Strong vodka.
(b) A mild acid.
(c) Hot peppers.
(d) Soapy water.

Short Answer Questions

1. The moment Tang or any of his brothers displayed a weakness in any school subject, what did Tang's father do?

2. What did Tang and his colleagues find to be the necessary connection between Marxism and independence?

3. What happened to Diem and Nhu during the coup in Chapter 6?

4. What were "elephant's intestines?"

5. What was Sihanouk's title in Cambodia in early 1970?

(see the answer key)

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