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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 was the most popular weaponry used in the Front?

2. What was the main goal of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, organized in 1969?

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

4. 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?

5. What was Ba Cap's personality like?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the members of the PRG survive and live in their rough circumstances?

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

4. Five years after the Communist Party's seminars given to the Alliance/NLF/PRG forces in Kratie, what did Tang come to realize about the cadre's assaults and the party leaders' consequent respect for the nationalist's views?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Express an opinion as to whether Tang's and his fellow nationalists' struggles had been in vain. Support your opinion with facts and feelings expressed within the book.

Essay Topic 2

Who was the main influence upon Tang's political awakening? How did this person come to influence Tang to such a degree in a short period of time?

Essay Topic 3

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

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