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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Vigot tell Fowler he is a suspect in the murder?
(a) Fowler is a suspect because he owed Pyle a lot of money.
(b) Fowler is a suspect because he is part of a lover's triangle.
(c) Fowler is a suspect because Pyle had threatened to kill him.
(d) Fowler is a suspect because he knew Pyle was a double agent.

2. How do the Vietminh infiltrate the city?
(a) The Vietminh join their procession for Fatima and take them by surprise.
(b) The Vietminh enter the city dressed as nuns.
(c) The Vietminh come in as rice traders.
(d) The Vietminh arrive as traders looking for business.

3. What is Alden Pyle's Passion?
(a) Getting the French out of Vietnam
(b) To reform and redeem the entire universe
(c) Scotch and soda
(d) Phuong

4. What is it about Pyle that particularly annoys Fowler?
(a) Pyle's ignorance of his own naivte.
(b) Pyle's attitude of moral superiority because he doesn't smoke opium.
(c) Pyle's secretive nature that hints he is someone important.
(d) Pyle's cockiness that, given a choice, Phuong will choose him over Fowler.

5. What is the name of York's theory In which Pyle believes?
(a) The Magnum Force
(b) The Mind's Eye
(c) The Last Stand
(d) The Third Force

Short Answer Questions

1. When things settle down at the House of the Five Hundred Girls, where do Pyle, Fowler and Phuong go?

2. What is Alden Pyle's publicly known job?

3. What does Fowler dream after he finally falls asleep?

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

5. Why is Miss Hei interested in Pyle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fowler take away from Pyle's apartment?

2. What is the purpose for having Fowler and Phuong go to the Surete to see Vigot?

3. What happens when Pyle invites himself over for a drink?

4. What did Fowler do to get Pyle out of the House of the Five Hundred Girls?

5. Describe how the French manipulate the foreign press corps during the war.

6. Describe the old women on the street near Thomas Fowler's apartment.

7. What language does Pyle use that Fowler sees as boyish and naive?

8. What is the superstition in Vietnam about lovers who smoke opium?

9. What suggestions does Fowler offer Vigot as to who might have killed Pyle?

10. What is so annoying about the letter from Pyle that is waiting for Fowler when he finally gets home?

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