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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 Tang's father allow his sons to interact with outside of the home?

2. Where did President Thao lead the alliance delegation in the spring of 1969?

3. What did Tang suspect about the historical documents used in the infancy of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam?

4. What was the best-known Ho Chi Minh slogan?

5. What prevented Tang from attending the First National Congress in 1962?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. Why was Tang needed back home in 1955 more than ever in Chapter 4?

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

8. Why did Tang and his associates want to keep the American military from becoming involved in the Vietnamese conflict?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why would an open opposition by Vietnam to either China or to the Soviets be hurtful to the emerging nation as far as Tang and the nationalists were concerned? In what ways were the Soviets and the Chinese helpful to Tang's cause?

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