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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. What form of torture did Tang endure in Chapter 10, causing great pain to his eyes?

2. Why was the Northern Vietnamese government fearful of American involvement in the fighting in Vietnam in the early 1960s?

3. What did Albert Thao believe about Diem's leadership in Vietnam?

4. What role did the leading figure of the Committee to Defend the Peace, Dr. Pham Van Huyen, play in Diem's government in 1954?

5. What did Nguyen Van Thieu do when he discovered a prisoner exchange being negotiated between the Americans and the North?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Air Marshal Ky and his partner, Nguyen Van Thieu, make an attempt to disrupt Americans meeting with Dang's deputy, a cadre named Sau Ha?

2. What was it about Ba Tra, one of Tang's support personnel in the Young People's Association, that disturbed Tang?

3. Why was it that the National Liberation Front was not anxious to see President Diem overthrown?

4. Why did the South Vietnamese secret police want to get prisoners to admit to being members of the Communist Party?

5. How did Tang first experience racial discrimination?

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

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

8. What physical and mental condition was Tang in while a prisoner at the headquarters prison?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What instigated Tang's decision to stay in France after completing his academic studies and resigning from the navy? Describe his thought processes on the matter. What interfered with that decision?

Essay Topic 2

Who was the main influence upon Tang's political awakening? How did this person come to influence Tang to such a degree in a short period of time?

Essay Topic 3

The Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) was formed in response to Nixon's Vietnamization strategies. Explain the domestic, international and diplomatic goals of the PRG.

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