View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What new means of transportation was Vietnam inundated with in 1969 and 1970?
(a) Itallian bicycles.
(b) Volkswagens.
(c) Mopeds.
(d) Japanese motorbikes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tang do at the International Association of Democratic Jurists in Algeria to insult the Soviets?

2. What nearly derailed Tang and dozens of others with him of leaving the country by boat?

3. Where were Tang's brothers, Quynh and Bich, sent on June 16, 1975?

4. What did the term "neutralize" mean within the context of the Phoenix Program?

5. What statement did Henry Kissinger make in a 1968 "Foreign Affairs" article?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the celebration for the victory of the North in Saigon, Tang asked Van Tien Dung where his Vietcong divisions one, three, five, seven, and nine are. What was his answer?

2. Why did the imminent signing of a negotiation agreement in Paris fill Tang and the nationalist forces with hope and excitement?

3. What became of Tang's two brothers, both of whom had stayed in Saigon throughout the war?

4. Why had escaping Vietnam by boat become a great topic of conversation in the first days following northern liberation?

5. When Tang's boat during his escape was attacked by pirates, why wasn't the situation as horrible as some others had been?

6. What was the theme of the seminars given to the Alliance/NLF/PRG leaders in Kratie?

7. What caused Tran Back Dang to lose acceptance and blight his career with the COSVN?

8. Why was Prince Sihanouk's removal as head of the Cambodian government a source of anxiety for the NLF?

9. Five years after the Communist Party's seminars given to the Alliance/NLF/PRG forces in Kratie, what did Tang come to realize about the cadre's assaults and the party leaders' consequent respect for the nationalist's views?

10. Why does Tang come out of retirement and return to Saigon?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,338 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample