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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the reason behind the National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord as described in Article 9 of the Paris Accords?
(a) To have Thieu retreat from dismantling his government.
(b) To engage Vietnam's military operatives.
(c) To isolate Thieu.
(d) To resolve Vietnam's domestic problems through political means.

2. What was the main goal of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, organized in 1969?
(a) To look better in the eyes of the Communist Party.
(b) To win the war by force and oust American forces.
(c) To influence public opinion on different fronts.
(d) To represent the Northern Vietnamese.

3. What were most of the Southern guerrillas pressing hard for in Chapter 18?
(a) A fundamental split in the revolution.
(b) Le Duan's expertise in manipulation during Paris talks.
(c) Internal propaganda.
(d) A commitment to reconciliation.

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

5. Where were Tang's brothers, Quynh and Bich, sent on June 16, 1975?
(a) To a Soviet camp.
(b) To Hanoi.
(c) To their own reeducation points.
(d) To Saigon General Hospital.

6. What announcement did Le Duan make at the joint meeting of the politburo and central military committee in 1975?
(a) Saigon had fallen.
(b) The troops in Saigon were filled with depression.
(c) A province near Saigon, Phuoc Long, had fallen.
(d) President Thieu had been deposed.

7. The taking of Saigon by Northern forces hinged upon the fall of which centrally located city?
(a) Da Nang.
(b) Hanoi.
(c) Phuoc Long.
(d) Ban Me Thuot.

8. Who was the only professional sailor on board the boat Tang and his wife escaped on?
(a) Ton.
(b) Ton's cousin.
(c) There was none.
(d) Kiet.

9. How could the importance of Tang's and his colleague's roles be measured in Chapter 16?
(a) How many pairs of pajamas they received.
(b) How they were treated by the party.
(c) By the salary raises they received.
(d) Who was promoted within the ranks.

10. On the day of celebration at Independence Palace Square to celebrate the Vietnamese victory at last, which military units were the last to appear in the parade?
(a) The Democratic Republic of North Vietnam.
(b) The North Vietnamese Army.
(c) The Vietcong units.
(d) The Soviet Army.

11. What did Tang bring to the attention of DRV Prime Minister Dong in Chapter 22?
(a) The development of a code of law.
(b) The lawless rampage that was taking place.
(c) Prime Minister Dong's need for a new set of laws.
(d) How the end of arrests has taken place.

12. What position in the Provisional Revolutionary Government did Tang receive?
(a) Minister of the Interior.
(b) Foreign Minister.
(c) Cabinet Secretary.
(d) Minister of Justice.

13. 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.

14. Why did Tang and his wife move back to Saigon in Chapter 24?
(a) The revoluionaries were in the city.
(b) To plan an escape.
(c) They missed their family.
(d) They were bored in the country.

15. What did Tang and his colleagues find to be the necessary connection between Marxism and independence?
(a) The role of the intelligentsia in the national revolution.
(b) The interdependence of class struggle.
(c) There was no necessary connection.
(d) The war against imperialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Northern escape routes directly lead to?

2. Where did the NLF establish a new headquarters after America's Cambodian attack?

3. Why did Tang accept an appointment as director of the National Rubber Industry in Chapter 24?

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?

5. What directives emerged from a COSVN/PRG meeting held in Chapter 22?

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