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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Western delegates at the International Association of Democratic Jurists in Algeria do to surprise Tang in Chapter 20?
(a) They showed fervid public enthusiasm at America's humiliation.
(b) They showed a lack of manners when refusing to acknowledge the PRG.
(c) They feted the Party and ignored the PRG.
(d) They cheered on America's military greatness in his presence.

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

4. What set the PRG leaders apart from the rest of the organization?
(a) Their extra food rations.
(b) The extra pairs of pajamas they received.
(c) Their access to information.
(d) The absence of fear.

5. What were "elephant's intestines?"
(a) Poisonous snakes.
(b) The belts on the guerrillas' pajamas.
(c) Moneys cooked in a pot.
(d) Long tubes of rolled cotton.

6. What was the NLF's response to Nixon's "Vietnamization"?
(a) Move the entire NLF organization to Hanoi.
(b) Step up the use of arms.
(c) Retreat and lay low for a number of years.
(d) Set up a formal NLF governmental structure in Saigon.

7. Who was responsible for Tang's daughter, Loan, being able to do to college in America?
(a) President Tho.
(b) His brother, Quynh.
(c) Ho Chi Minh.
(d) President Thieu's wife.

8. Why did Tang undertake a long trip to Dresden, East Germany in Chapter 20?
(a) To recuperate from illnesses.
(b) To have a long-awaiting vacation.
(c) To be trained in new techniques of warfare.
(d) To gather with the Communist Party leaders for a meeting.

9. What was the most popular weaponry used in the Front?
(a) Grenades and mines.
(b) Chinese AK-47 rifles.
(c) M-16 rifles.
(d) B-52s.

10. What did Tang hope to obtain upon his trip as part of the PRG's delegation at Algiers' independence celebration?
(a) Help with Mme. Binh's world tour.
(b) Support for the Khmer resistance.
(c) Material aid for a propaganda campaign.
(d) Juridicial reforms in Algeria.

11. What did Nguyen Van Thieu do upon his foreign minister's signing of a peace accord?
(a) He went on the air over Radio Hanoi to announce the signing.
(b) He broadcast no intention of abiding by it.
(c) He showed good will intentions toward the PRG.
(d) He made it clear that he was ready for a coalition government.

12. What did the vice president of the Chinese State Council do concerning the PRG in order to express their feelings about Hanoi's ongoing affiliation with the Soviets?
(a) Held a dinner in honor of the PRG.
(b) Refused to meet with any Vietnamese parties.
(c) Kept their distance from the PRG.
(d) Offered Tang a huge loan for the country.

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

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

15. What did the Party ideologues decide the NLF troops should do for three months in Kratie?
(a) Exhibit Buddhist and Confucian spirituality.
(b) Study the peace talks ongoing in Paris.
(c) Study the fine points of Marxism-Leninism.
(d) Make plans for future attacks on the ARVN.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sihanouk's title in Cambodia in early 1970?

2. What was the reason behind the National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord as described in Article 9 of the Paris Accords?

3. What did Tang do at the International Association of Democratic Jurists in Algeria to insult the Soviets?

4. What nearly derailed Tang and dozens of others with him of leaving the country by boat?

5. Where did Tang's escape by boat from Vietnam end up taking him to freedom?

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