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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Article 9 of the Paris Accords call for the creation of?
(a) A Korean-style equilibrium vision.
(b) A National Council of Reconciliation.
(c) A humanitarian ideal of a Socialist nature.
(d) A greater role of the Saigon government in negotiations.

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

5. What does elephant taste like according to Tang?
(a) Tasteless and tough as old shoes.
(b) A tasty morsel if eaten quickly.
(c) Like a rare delicacy.
(d) Like chicken.

6. Why was the main goal of the Northern forces in 1972 to get the U.S. out of Vietnam?
(a) To isolate the Thieu regime, bringing domestic opposition to them.
(b) To stimulate Vietnam's economy.
(c) To stop the heavy hits of the B-52 bombs.
(d) To show the world that America was oppressive.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. Upon Tang's visit to Moscow from Algiers, what did his anticipated "vacation" turn out to be?
(a) A meeting every day with Soviet leaders.
(b) A whirlwind vistit to Soviet tourist attractions.
(c) A period of rest and recuperation.
(d) An observation of Russian life.

13. How did Tang respond when he is asked to join the new government in Vietnam?
(a) He accepts but never shows up to duty.
(b) He refuses, voicing his objections to the government's stances.
(c) He declines, saying he is ill.
(d) He accepts and hopes to change the government from within.

14. What was the prime enemy of the guerrillas considered to be in the jungle?
(a) The Americans.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Nguy.
(d) The Saigon troops.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Nixon and Kissinger justify the Tet offensive bombings and invasion of Cambodia?

2. In the elections of 1976, what did the police do to anyone who did not vote?

3. 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?

4. What did Tang and the nationalists feel the Paris agreement would give them an opportunity to do as described in Chapter 18?

5. How could the importance of Tang's and his colleague's roles be measured in Chapter 16?

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