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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As long as American strength supported the Saigon government, how did the NLF feel about the idea of total victory?
(a) Wistful and vague.
(b) A soon-to-be-accomplished goal.
(c) Determined to win.
(d) Unaccomplishable.

2. What did Hai Thuan, a Southern cadre of the Vietminh in its war against the French, do in Chapter 22?
(a) He is the minister of justice.
(b) He refuses to petition the politburo about his son.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) He leaves his wife and children to go to France.

3. Why did Tang accept an appointment as director of the National Rubber Industry in Chapter 24?
(a) His wife insisted he take the job.
(b) He was bored and wanted prestige.
(c) Because it made an excellent cover for him.
(d) He needed to work for money.

4. What was Tang's last official function in Algeria?
(a) Having tea with Madame Binh.
(b) Celebrating a victory with Prince Sihanouk.
(c) Going to the funeral of Queen Kosamak.
(d) Congratulating the Khmer representative on the victory in Phnom Penh.

5. What nickname did Madame Phat receive after she spoke of her debt of gratitude to the Party?
(a) Humorless Madame Phat.
(b) Keeper of Bourgeois Reality.
(c) Guardian of the Pagoda.
(d) Proletariat Phat.

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

7. What was Nixon's "Vietnamization" as the NLF saw it?
(a) A political maneuver to stop opposition to the war.
(b) A way to strike at a peace settlement for North and South.
(c) A step-up of American ground troops.
(d) An attempt to portray Vietnam as a civil conflict.

8. Why were both Nixon and Kissinger unable to formulate policies that would frustrate the strategies of the North?
(a) The American press was against them.
(b) They did not possess enough weaponry to overcome the North.
(c) The policies involved only air raids.
(d) They could not think about the war in the same way as their enemy could.

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

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

11. What did Tang ultimately decide to do about the Communist takeover of his land?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Join an underground revolution.
(c) Continue to live in seclusion.
(d) Join the 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) Offered Tang a huge loan for the country.
(b) Refused to meet with any Vietnamese parties.
(c) Kept their distance from the PRG.
(d) Held a dinner in honor of the PRG.

13. What American events attracted the attention of the nationalists in 1973?
(a) The Watergate scandal.
(b) A book written by Henry Kissinger.
(c) The re-election of Nixon.
(d) Anti-Vietnam war demonstrations.

14. What was the American Senate's Hatfield amendment?
(a) It gave funds for American operations in Cambodia and Laos.
(b) It prohibited funds for American operations in Cambodia and Laos.
(c) It required the withdrawal of troops in return for the release of POWs.
(d) An increase in air raids in order to finish the war.

15. What did Tang and the nationalists feel the Paris agreement would give them an opportunity to do as described in Chapter 18?
(a) Get an agreement on paper.
(b) Increase the fears of partnership with the PRG.
(c) Proselytize to the Saigon regime.
(d) Fight externally for a settlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the main goal of the Northern forces in 1972 to get the U.S. out of Vietnam?

2. When the Ho Chi Minh trail was originally blazed in 1959, how many kilometers were the fighters expected to be able to advance every day?

3. What did the Western delegates at the International Association of Democratic Jurists in Algeria do to surprise Tang in Chapter 20?

4. What was life like for the PRG in general?

5. What was Ba Cap's personality like?

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