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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people have been freed from arrest since Tang's retirement in the summer of 1976, to his knowledge?
(a) None.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Three hundred thousand.

2. Who was the American Ambassador trying to arrange the appearance of a real election in Saigon in Chapter 17?
(a) George McGovern.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ellsworth Bunker.
(d) Henry Kissinger.

3. What happened when the city of Hue was taken by the NLF and Northern troops in January, 1968?
(a) Citizens ran away and the city was nearly empty.
(b) The NLF gave the directive to carry out massacres there.
(c) Many people were murdered due to inadequate discipline.
(d) The city was taken peacefully.

4. On the day of celebration at Independence Palace Square to celebrate the Vietnamese victory at last, which military units were the last to appear in the parade?
(a) The Soviet Army.
(b) The North Vietnamese Army.
(c) The Vietcong units.
(d) The Democratic Republic of North Vietnam.

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

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

7. Where did the NLF establish a new headquarters after America's Cambodian attack?
(a) Krek.
(b) Kandol.
(c) Kratie.
(d) Komchai Meas.

8. Which unit member was very popular for what he could provide the guerrillas with?
(a) The cook.
(b) The supply cadre.
(c) The finance cadre.
(d) The leadership cadre.

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

10. What statement did Henry Kissinger make in a 1968 "Foreign Affairs" article?
(a) "A standard army wins if it does not lose."
(b) "Winning is only half the battle."
(c) "Guerrillas win if they don't lose."
(d) "Even though we run like hell, we'll still win."

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

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

13. What did Tang ultimately decide to do about the Communist takeover of his land?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Join the government.
(c) Join an underground revolution.
(d) Continue to live in seclusion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did the Saigon forces utilize the PRG's relative passivity to their advantage in Chapter 18?

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 Tang and his colleagues find to be the necessary connection between Marxism and independence?

4. What did the Party ideologues decide the NLF troops should do for three months in Kratie?

5. What was the prime enemy of the guerrillas considered to be in the jungle?

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