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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 for his brother, Bich, in Chapter 22?
(a) He wrote letters to him, giving him advice.
(b) He had him released from detention.
(c) He tried to get him released from detention but failed.
(d) He got him a position in the politburo.

2. What did Tang do when he was drafted by the Bao Dai government?
(a) He joined the revolution in Cambodia.
(b) He left the country.
(c) He became a teacher wherever he was needed.
(d) He enrolled in college.

3. Why were the dates of June 6th through 8th chosen to organize the congress for the Provisional Revolutionary Government?
(a) To honor Ho Chi Minh's birthday.
(b) To commemmorate the founding of the NLF.
(c) To upstage a Nixon-Thieu meeting being held on Midway Island.
(d) The dates are anniversaries of grandparents' deaths.

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

5. Why was the main goal of the Northern forces in 1972 to get the U.S. out of Vietnam?
(a) To isolate the Thieu regime, bringing domestic opposition to them.
(b) To stop the heavy hits of the B-52 bombs.
(c) To show the world that America was oppressive.
(d) To stimulate Vietnam's economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tang consider to be the "fourth front" for the NLF's cause?

2. What was the American Senate's Hatfield amendment?

3. What movement did Tang decide to join after his meeting with Ho Chi Minh?

4. The taking of Saigon by Northern forces hinged upon the fall of which centrally located city?

5. What did Tang's wife do to help lessen his prison sentence in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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