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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 does Fowler think is Pyle's obsession?

2. After Pyle leaves, how long does it take Fowler to get to Saigon?

3. What about the meeting really surprises Fowler?

4. Having nothing else to do, where does Fowler go once he is back in Saigon?

5. What does a priest offer Fowler?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Phuong give Fowler?

2. When Fowler offers Pyle a drink of whiskey, how does the conversation go?

3. What does Fowler see when he goes to Phat Diem?

4. What news does Bill Granger offer about the war in the North when the Economic Attache asks?

5. When Fowler moves out with a patrol getting out of the area of Phat Diem, who comes in the middle of the night? Why had he come?

6. What is the conflict between Fowler and Miss Hei?

7. Why does Fowler want to answer Vigot's questions quickly and get out of his office?

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

9. The morning after Pyle's murder, what is Phuong's concern?

10. What new complication is Fowler struggling with besides the possibility of losing to Pyle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Granger calls Frenchmen frogs, and British men limeys. Write a paper about the harmful effects of labeling people. Dig deep into the effects of such name calling. Question whether racially biased attitudes ever do any good. Many people cannot see beyond the surface as was the case in the interment of Japanese-Americans during WW II. Include any first hand instances you have either felt or witnessed that involves racial labeling.

Essay Topic 2

Using the Caodaists as an example, write a paper about religious cultism and why you think people join them. There are enough converts to this cult to make it a viable player in the war. Historically, however, there have always been cults and people who flock to them to their own destruction. It is this feature of cultism that gives them their power in numbers. Look up some examples of other cult religions and compare the Caodaists to them.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper about the similarity between the Catholic church in Phat Diem and the Caodaist Temple in terms of their political involvement. Religions that are poles apart yet they have one thing in common when dealing with two sides of warring factions. It comes down to a matter of survival and all religion is suspect by totalitarian regimes. Make this comparison without being judgmental as to the merits of either religion.

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