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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pyle want to take Phuong to America to get married?
(a) He thinks Phuong deserves a big, expenisve wedding.
(b) He thinks an Indochina marriage might not be legal.
(c) He thinks his mother would be there to acclimate Phuong.
(d) He wants to get her as far away from Fowler as he can.

2. What is Caodaism?
(a) A religion that started in Vietnam and spreak to Korea.
(b) A cult religion that blends Confucianism, Christianit, and Buddhism.
(c) A religious front for a counter military insurgency.
(d) A philosophy of a blend of communism and capitalism.

3. What was wrong with the bombing that day?
(a) It was more powerful than they had planned.
(b) Pyle did not know they had cancelled the parade which was the main target.
(c) Several Americans were killed accidentally.
(d) It was supposed to go off in the officers quarters.

4. What is Fowler's reaction when the Pope's deputy holds out his hand with a huge ring on his finger?
(a) He refuses to kiss it.
(b) He leaves the way the deputy was pointing.
(c) He shakes the deputy's hand.
(d) He wonders how many karats it was.

5. How does Fowler perceive the man who is selling the place?
(a) As a remnant of the old colonialists
(b) As an ugly American
(c) As an idealist like Pyle
(d) As an important government official

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fowler suddenly have a big suspicion about Pyle?

2. Why are Fowler and Pyle marooned in the Vietnamese tower?

3. What does Fowler think of the speech the deputy Pope of Caodaism gives him?

4. What is Lieutenant Peraud's obsession?

5. What happens when someone comes demanding that Pyle and Fowler be brought down?

(see the answer key)

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