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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What break came to Tang and his wife via his wife's brother-in-law?
(a) A job prospect without being in the government.
(b) The prospect of escape by boat.
(c) They were able to sell their cottage at a profit.
(d) An opportunity to showcase Tang's war efforts.

2. 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.

3. What did Tang do at the International Association of Democratic Jurists in Algeria to insult the Soviets?
(a) Walked away from a statement made by the Soviet delegate.
(b) Refused to shake hands with the Soviet delegate to the conference.
(c) Denounced the Soviets stance in a speech.
(d) Made a rude comment to a Soviet delegate and tried to retract it.

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

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

6. What was Ba Cap's personality like?
(a) Good-tempered and funny.
(b) Abrasive and vociferous.
(c) Well-liked and personable.
(d) Quiet and studious.

7. What did Tang consider to be the "fourth front" for the NLF's cause?
(a) Public opinion in the United States.
(b) Thieu's government.
(c) The drug wars in Cambodia.
(d) The Paris peace talks.

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

9. Upon Tang's return to Hanoi in Chapter 20, what does he encounter in the city he has not visited for thirty years?
(a) Ceaseless turmoil.
(b) A place of dignity.
(c) A modern and beautified city.
(d) Dreariness and poverty.

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

11. 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) An attempt to portray Vietnam as a civil conflict.
(d) A step-up of American ground troops.

12. What was the PRG opposed to?
(a) Troop withdrawals by Nixon.
(b) Revolutionary justice as performed in Hue.
(c) Including people from Central Vietnam in their group.
(d) Being linked to Hanoi.

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

14. 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?
(a) As good proection from B-52 and helicopter asssaults.
(b) To stifle communication with COSVN.
(c) It was what President Phat deeemed best.
(d) To be close to the Gulf of Thailand.

15. How could the significance of the Alliance and the PRG be substantially reenhanced?
(a) If a decisive military outcome is reached.
(b) In the event of a political compromise.
(c) If the Alliance and the PRG overtake the COSVN.
(d) If the ARVN wins the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new means of transportation was Vietnam inundated with in 1969 and 1970?

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

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

4. What does elephant taste like according to Tang?

5. What announcement did Le Duan make at the joint meeting of the politburo and central military committee in 1975?

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