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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is COSVN which is described in Chapter 11?
(a) The National Liberation Front system.
(b) The North Vietnamese politburo.
(c) A leadership group made up of delegates from the Worker's Party.
(d) The Northern Vietnamese army forces.

2. After the overthrow of Diem, what did Tang become director-general of?
(a) The national sugar company.
(b) The self-determination movement.
(c) The Saigon government.
(d) The NLF.

3. When Tang met Ho Chi Minh, what was his first impression of the president?
(a) He blended in with the other dignitaries.
(b) He was weak and sickly.
(c) He was inappropriately dressed for the occasion.
(d) He was dignified and strong.

4. Who did Bao Dai name as Prime Minister?
(a) Zhou En-Lai.
(b) Chau Van Tiep.
(c) Vo Nguyen Giap.
(d) Ngo Dinh Diem.

5. What did Albert Thao and Tang finally speak to each other about in Chapter 6?
(a) The Diem regime's power.
(b) The American government.
(c) Tran Van Don's French ties.
(d) Their involvement with the NLF.

Short Answer Questions

1. What military position did Diem assign to Albert Thao?

2. What was the turning point for those who finally decided to take political action and join the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces?

3. What does "tin," a basic ethical principle in Confucianism, refer to?

4. In Chapter 3, what did Tang become more and more involved with in Paris?

5. What movement did Tang decide to join after his meeting with Ho Chi Minh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were defined as the broad objectives of the mobilization committee for the peace movement?

2. What impressed Tang so much when he discovered what Ho Chi Minh was through while he met with Tang and a fellow student for tea?

3. How did Tang's friend, Albert Thao, come to be closely involved with Ngo Dinh Diem?

4. How did Tang first experience racial discrimination?

5. What compromise was reached for Vietnam in May of 1954?

6. Who helped Tang's father raise Tang and his five brothers?

7. How did the NLF become dominated by the Communist Party and the Northern government?

8. What kind of secrecy was involved in the first meeting of the NLF?

9. Why did Tang decide to join the national navy upon receiving another draft notice in Chapter 4?

10. What was Tang's main goal during his early leadership of the Young People's Association?

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