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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 did the leadership of the North place its focus in the 1966 resolution?
(a) On getting better weaponry.
(b) Upon young people.
(c) On Tang, himself.
(d) On mobilizing the masses.

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

3. What was the best-known Ho Chi Minh slogan?
(a) "The people have come together in a struggle for national liberation."
(b) "Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty."
(c) "Use your knowledge to build the future of our country."
(d) "Our country was doubly exploited."

4. Why were the various sites for the PRG ministries chosen to be deep within the "Iron Triangle" of sanctuaries and bases, near the Cambodian border?
(a) To be close to the Gulf of Thailand.
(b) As good proection from B-52 and helicopter asssaults.
(c) It was what President Phat deeemed best.
(d) To stifle communication with COSVN.

5. Which of the following was NOT an objective of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam?
(a) Bring in American advisers to help with the movement's actions.
(b) Overthrow the Diem regime.
(c) Build an independent economy.
(d) Bring unity to the different classes of people in the South.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Diem preoccupied with throughout his regime?

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

3. What punishment did the tribunal bestow upon Tang, besides prison, that may have interfered deeply with Tang's credibility within Vietnamese society?

4. What did Tang do when he was drafted by the Bao Dai government?

5. Why were Tang and a fellow pharmacy student, Miss Ly, chosen to have tea with Ho Chi Minh?

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