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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the U.S. government signal its willingness to support upon abandoning its support of Diem in the early 1960s?

2. What did Tang do when he was drafted by the Bao Dai government?

3. When Ho Chi Minh explained Vietnamese history to Tang, what did he say about the French?

4. What did Tang's wife do to help lessen his prison sentence in Chapter 9?

5. How did Albert Thao become a trusted member of Diem's administration?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Tang's feelings toward America when he returned to Saigon in 1955?

2. When was it decided by the newly appointed NLF Provisional Committee to establish a committee for the Saigon/Cholon/Giadinh zone?

3. Why was Tang confused when he received a letter from his father in Chapter 3?

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

5. Why did Albert Thao end up staying with Tang for three days in Chapter 6?

6. Why was it that President-Designate Tho was unable to be liberated from detention in Tuy Hoa?

7. How did Tang first experience racial discrimination?

8. Within three years of Diem's presidency, what was apparent about the leader concerning his political endeavors?

9. Why was Ho Chi Minh's welcoming visit to the members of the alliance in Hanoi so important to them?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pham Hung and General Trung of Central Office South Vietnam (COSVN), Communist Party headquarters in South Vietnam, joked that "even though we ran like hell, still we'll win" after Northern forces retreated from southern Cambodian borders to Kratie. Explain the meaning of this quote as it relates to Vietnamese guerrilla fighters. How can the reader interpret Henry Kissinger's similar statement given in a journal article in 1968?

Essay Topic 2

What does the treatment of Tran Buu Kiem and Tran Bach Dang, who made minor blunders in front of Party officials, say about the the COSVN's treatment of leading intellectuals? What was the general tone and spirit of the workers' party at the time of Dang's and Diem's isolation and retirement?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Albert Thao's personality. What was his ultimate mission politically, and why?

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