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

2. What was the NLF's response to Nixon's "Vietnamization"?

3. What happened when the city of Hue was taken by the NLF and Northern troops in January, 1968?

4. Upon Tang's return to Hanoi in Chapter 20, what does he encounter in the city he has not visited for thirty years?

5. As long as American strength supported the Saigon government, how did the NLF feel about the idea of total victory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the COSVN/PRG decide to deal with their recent enemies of the South at the end of the war?

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

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

6. How did the NLF gain the support of the local population near Kratie, along the western banks of the Mekong?

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

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

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

10. How had the Ho Chi Minh Trail changed from when it was first created in 1959 until Tang returned to travel it in 1974?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Albert Thao was a childhood friend of Tang's who became a spy within Diem's government. What induced Albert to become a spy, a dangerous mission for a young man? How did Tang view his friend's involvement in Diem's government, without being told that his friend was a double agent?

Essay Topic 2

What prevented Nguyen Huu Tho from attending the first meeting of the NLF as its newly-elected president? What were the events leading up to the inability to ensure Tho's presence at that meeting?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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