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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. The taking of Saigon by Northern forces hinged upon the fall of which centrally located city?

2. What was the most popular weaponry used in the Front?

3. What was the PRG opposed to?

4. What did Tang ask PRG President Phat concerning the directives established at the COSVN/PRG meeting in Chapter 22?

5. What were all of the attendants aware of at the PRG meeting in January of 1972?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the NLF fighters do when they were not fighting or sick?

4. What did General Trung mean when he joked that "even though we ran like hell, still we'll win" in regard to the NLF's retreat from the southern Cambodian border?

5. What did Presidential Minister Tran Buu Kiem whisper to Tang during one the last general meetings involving the leadership of the NLF, PRG, the alliance, and the mass organizations?

6. What was the goal of Nixon's "Vietnamization," according to the NLF?

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

8. When Tang visited Budapest in Chapter 20, what might be said to have been the motives of the Budapest government while they treated Tang to a visitor's tour and comforts?

9. Why was the organizing congress for the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) held on June 6, 7 and 8, 1969?

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

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

Saigon's regime, led by Thieu, refuses to abide by an agreement of the Paris Accord signed by his own foreign minister. Explain Thieu's actions following the signing of the Accord. Discuss the PRG's reaction to Thieu's tactics at this time.

Essay Topic 3

Many of those who joined the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces at its founding had been resistant for years to formally joining such organizations.

Why had these people (most of whom were old friends of Tang) resisted associating themselves politically, regardless of their sympathies for the goals of the NLF? What made them finally decide to take action by 1968?

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