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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Prager and Herr meet with?

2. Although Herr keeps in contact with his friends and colleagues when he returns to the States, he feels what?

3. What does Mayhew announce that upsets Day Tripper?

4. When does Operation Pegasus begin?

5. What question does Prager ask the General?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Montagnard people. Who are they? What role did they play in the war? How did the war affect them?

Essay Topic 2

Major Trong does not tell Herr who the last emperor of Vietnam was but states that he is the new emperor. How does his statement affect Herr and the war? What do you make of Trong's refusal to answer Herr's question? Do you think Trong's statement is one based on truth or on greed for power?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the various reactions of soldiers and correspondents to the mountains of death they encounter each day. Why do some soldiers react with arousal while others are repulsed? How do the soldiers learn to cope with what they are ordered to do and what happens to them? How do students suppose that the soldiers overcome what they witness or perform during the war? Discuss the increase instances of post-traumatic stress disorder and how the American people reacted to veterans with flashbacks?

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