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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. On the day of celebration at Independence Palace Square to celebrate the Vietnamese victory at last, which military units were the last to appear in the parade?

2. In Chapter 21, what did Tang discover when he arrived in Saigon and telephoned his parents at his older brother's home?

3. What was the American Senate's Hatfield amendment?

4. What did Hai Thuan, a Southern cadre of the Vietminh in its war against the French, do in Chapter 22?

5. What did Tang's host want most to know from Tang during his visit to Budapest ?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What access to information did the leaders of the PRG have in the Maquis?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the purpose for the NLF's forming of The Movement for Self-Determination? What did the movement hope to accomplish? Why did the movement choose the members it did?

Essay Topic 2

Chapter 17 is titled "1972: The Watershed." Explain why, in Tang's study of that year, he terms it a watershed year. What progress has been made in the right direction that provides a turning point for Tang and the North? Use examples that describe both political, internal and military reasons for the "watershed."

Essay Topic 3

Describe Albert Thao's personality. What was his ultimate mission politically, and why?

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