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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) It was what President Phat deeemed best.
(c) To be close to the Gulf of Thailand.
(d) To stifle communication with COSVN.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Why did the PRG believe that having Tang's brothers working for the South Vietnamese government might help their cause?
(a) One of the brothers could become a spy.
(b) Family ties in the government gave the public reassurance about Tang.
(c) A brother's family could be held hostage in the future.
(d) Tang could be viewed as a double agent.

12. 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) Unaccomplishable.
(c) A soon-to-be-accomplished goal.
(d) Determined to win.

13. What were the watchwords of the danh va dam strategy used throughout the Paris talks?
(a) Unionize and gather.
(b) Fight and win.
(c) Separate and isolate.
(d) Contradict and stimulate.

14. Where does Tang and his wife live after he decides to go into seclusion??
(a) On the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
(b) Go Vap.
(c) Kratie.
(d) Upstate New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Tang consider to be the "fourth front" for the NLF's cause?

4. 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?

5. What did Hai Thuan, a Southern cadre of the Vietminh in its war against the French, do in Chapter 22?

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