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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 did the term "neutralize" mean within the context of the Phoenix Program?

2. What did Tang hope to obtain upon his trip as part of the PRG's delegation at Algiers' independence celebration?

3. In what way did the Saigon forces utilize the PRG's relative passivity to their advantage in Chapter 18?

4. What were most of the Southern guerrillas pressing hard for in Chapter 18?

5. What did the Party ideologues decide the NLF troops should do for three months in Kratie?

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

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

4. Why were Nixon and Kissinger unable to comprehend the issues in Vietnam that prevented an American success there?

5. What was the new attitude seen first from the North toward the alliance as exhibited in Chapter 16?

6. At the celebration for the victory of the North in Saigon, Tang asked Van Tien Dung where his Vietcong divisions one, three, five, seven, and nine are. What was his answer?

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

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

9. When Tang arrived in Hanoi in 1974, after a thirty-year absence, what conditions did he encounter?

10. How did Tang come to the difficult conclusion that he had to leave Vietnam after all he had been through?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Tang decided to forgo his pharmacy studies and focus instead on political science, his political views began to sway. In which direction did Tang's new studies take him politically? What did Tang come to understand about the relationship between Vietnam and France?

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

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?

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