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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. According to Tang in Chapter 16, how did America regard the country of Vietnam?
(a) As a country of people to be saved.
(b) As an independent nation.
(c) As a pawn of strategy.
(d) With a view toward economic progress.

2. In what way did the Saigon forces utilize the PRG's relative passivity to their advantage in Chapter 18?
(a) They fought to gain land and population in PRG areas of control.
(b) The Saigon forces had no way to gain advantages due to the PRG's passiveness.
(c) They publicly agreed with the PRG's stance.
(d) The PRG's passivity was ignored completely.

3. Why was Tang's wife allowed to visit Tang when he was imprisoned by the secret police and tortured?
(a) The rules called for family visitors.
(b) She agreed to encourage him to sign an admission of guilt.
(c) She would be arrested also.
(d) The police wished to torture her also, in front of Tang.

4. What effect did America's invasion into Cambodia have on the NLF?
(a) Acute physical and emotional hardship.
(b) A renewed spirit to fight the enemy.
(c) They gained the support of Cambodians.
(d) It had no effect.

5. Why was an advisory Council of Elders formed during the Provisional Revolutionary Government's (PRG) congress?
(a) As an afterthought with little meaning.
(b) To appease the older members.
(c) To reconcile tradition with revolution.
(d) As an antidote to propaganda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nguyen Van Thieu expect of Nixon and Kissinger as indicated in Chapter 12?

2. After the overthrow of Diem, what did Tang become director-general of?

3. How were Phat's commandos able to lure Tho's prison guards away in Chapter 7?

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

5. What did the term "neutralize" mean within the context of the Phoenix Program?

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