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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty-two through Twenty-four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tang do at the International Association of Democratic Jurists in Algeria to insult the Soviets?
(a) Refused to shake hands with the Soviet delegate to the conference.
(b) Denounced the Soviets stance in a speech.
(c) Walked away from a statement made by the Soviet delegate.
(d) Made a rude comment to a Soviet delegate and tried to retract it.

2. When Tang was in solitary confinement in the national police headquarters, what saved him from lapsing into permanent catatonia?
(a) The prison grapevine.
(b) The books he was given to read.
(c) The twice-daily meals.
(d) The end of torture.

3. What happened to Tang ten days before Albert Thao attempted a coup on Khan's regime?
(a) He left the NLF for good.
(b) He was sent to America as a diplomat.
(c) He refused to let Thao take refuge with him.
(d) He was arrested.

4. What was Thanh Nghi famous for writing?
(a) A French-Vietnamese dictionary.
(b) A communist manifesto.
(c) A history of South Vietnam.
(d) A novel based on Vietnamese struggles.

5. What did Tang ultimately decide to do about the Communist takeover of his land?
(a) Continue to live in seclusion.
(b) Join an underground revolution.
(c) Leave the country.
(d) Join the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Albert Thao capitalize on his role of investigating army officers for disloyalty to Diem?

2. Upon Tang's return to Hanoi in Chapter 20, what does he encounter in the city he has not visited for thirty years?

3. What did Tang's pregnant wife do when both fathers demanded the couple return home?

4. Why did Tang undertake a long trip to Dresden, East Germany in Chapter 20?

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

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