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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The taking of Saigon by Northern forces hinged upon the fall of which centrally located city?
(a) Ban Me Thuot.
(b) Phuoc Long.
(c) Da Nang.
(d) Hanoi.

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

5. What announcement did Le Duan make at the joint meeting of the politburo and central military committee in 1975?
(a) Saigon had fallen.
(b) The troops in Saigon were filled with depression.
(c) A province near Saigon, Phuoc Long, had fallen.
(d) President Thieu had been deposed.

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

7. What did Tang's host want most to know from Tang during his visit to Budapest ?
(a) Whether he was happy to be gone from Russia.
(b) Vietnam's position on the Sino-Soviet dispute.
(c) How much support Hungary could give the PRG.
(d) Why the Party was allying itself with the Soviets.

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

9. 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 commits suicide.
(c) He refuses to petition the politburo about his son.
(d) He leaves his wife and children to go to France.

10. What did Thieu force university and high school students to do in 1970?
(a) Refuse visits with family and friends.
(b) Attend military and training exercises.
(c) Stay in school at all costs.
(d) Take jobs within the military.

11. What was the motto for Dung's opportune moment of a campaign on the assault of Saigon in April, 1974?
(a) "Public Enthusiasm and Western Humiliation At All Costs."
(b) "Marvelous Speed, Boldness, Surprise, and Certain Victory."
(c) "Human Liberation for the People."
(d) "Fighting and Talking."

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

13. In what way did the Saigon forces utilize the PRG's relative passivity to their advantage in Chapter 18?
(a) They fought to gain land and population in PRG areas of control.
(b) The PRG's passivity was ignored completely.
(c) The Saigon forces had no way to gain advantages due to the PRG's passiveness.
(d) They publicly agreed with the PRG's stance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were both Nixon and Kissinger unable to formulate policies that would frustrate the strategies of the North?

2. What were "elephant's intestines?"

3. Where did the NLF establish a new headquarters after America's Cambodian attack?

4. Upon Tang's visit to Moscow from Algiers, what did his anticipated "vacation" turn out to be?

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

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