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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pyle see himself?
(a) He describes himself as an observer with no real views on the war.
(b) He sees himself as a possible source of winning information.
(c) He sees himself as being trapped where he doesn't want to be.
(d) He sees himself as a serious backer of the French.

2. Who is the author of the books Pyle likes so much?
(a) Graham Greene
(b) York Harding
(c) Len Deighton
(d) Noel Coward

3. What alibi does Fowler give for his whereabouts?
(a) He says he was with Phuong all evening long.
(b) He says he had a party at his house from seven until eleven.
(c) He says that he was at the clinic getting an allergy shot.
(d) He says he was at the Continental and then saw a movie and later had dinner. People would remember him at these places.

4. What does the Attache put in the wire to Pyle's parents?
(a) That their son had died of heart failure.
(b) That their son had died a soldier's death in the cause of Democracy.
(c) That their son had died of malaria.
(d) That their son had been run over by a bus.

5. What book does Pyle go on and on about?
(a) The History of War
(b) The Red Badge of Courage
(c) The Yellow Peril
(d) Democracy and the Eastern Cultures

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Graham Greene's definition of the quiet American?

2. Fowler, who is British, has developed what feeling about Vietnam?

3. What is the difference between Fowler and Pyle?

4. In contrast to the American press corps men, how does Fowler assess Pyle?

5. What does Phuong tell Vigot about her and Pyle?

(see the answer key)

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