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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. Fowler wants to make love to Phuong but accepts the opium pipes instead. Why?
2. How does the telegram affect Fowler?
3. Why does Fowler leave Phuong in the trishaw and go into the House of Five Hundred Girls?
4. What are the results of the battle that follows the Vietminh's infiltration?
5. What alibi does Fowler give for his whereabouts?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the purpose for having Fowler and Phuong go to the Surete to see Vigot?
2. What does Fowler take away from Pyle's apartment?
3. Why does it take Fowler three weeks to get back to Saigon?
4. What is the strange scene when Phuong comes in while Pyle is still there?
5. What new complication is Fowler struggling with besides the possibility of losing to Pyle?
6. The morning after Pyle's murder, what is Phuong's concern?
7. When Fowler offers Pyle a drink of whiskey, how does the conversation go?
8. What does Granger say about covering a war?
9. What is so annoying about the letter from Pyle that is waiting for Fowler when he finally gets home?
10. What is the superstition in Vietnam about lovers who smoke opium?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do a little research into aerial bombing and write a paper explaining the difference between horizontal and vertical bombing missions. The terminology has changed over the years but the principles are the same. There is somewhat safety in horizontal bombing since the planes fly high above most anti-aircraft artillery. The problem with this approach is that it is indiscriminate and only effective if it covers a large area. Vertical bombing is more exact target centered. In your paper give your opinion about these two different approaches in terms of affecting innocent victims.
Essay Topic 2
Write your opinion about whether one country should interfere in another country's politics. The French were in Indochina as long time colonialists. The war was actually a movement to get them out of the country. Somewhere along the way, the lines got blurred in the situation and American politicians began to suggest that the war was a necessity to prevent the spread of communism throughout the world. The Vietnamese allies in the country were those who had prospered under French colonialism. You might want to compare America's involvement after the French leave to America's search for weapons of mass destruction in modern day Iraq.
Essay Topic 3
In Asian culture, younger siblings are expected to follow the wishes of their elders. Write a paper about Miss Hei's involvement in having Phuong move in with Pyle. Discuss how the question of Fowler's age was never a consideration. Miss Hei is acting as a matchmaker on behalf of her sister and her primary consideration is financial security. With what you know about Fowler and Pyle, all things being equal, is one better able to provide for Phuong than the other? Explain your answer in depth.
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