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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 book does Pyle go on and on about?

2. How does Joe the Attache speak crudely about Phuong?

3. Why does Pyle feel the need to speak to Fowler at all?

4. What information does Fowler offer Pyle?

5. Who surprises Fowler by showing up during the march out of Phat Diem?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Incredibly, what does Pyle ask Fowler to do?

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

4. Tell of Alden Pyle's fascination with York Harding.

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

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

7. What is the strange scene when Phuong comes in while Pyle is still there?

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

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

10. What is Fowler's reaction to the priest who offers to take his confession?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper expressing your opinion about Pyle setting out to take Phuong away from Fowler. Regardless of the war and Fowler's orders to return to London, was Pyle right or wrong to interfere in Fowler's attachment to Phuong? For one who prides himself on honesty, Pyle is quite aware of the impending departure of Fowler. He had only to bide his time and Fowler would be out of the picture. Whether he admits it to himself or not, Pyle's behavior is much like a rooster trying to establish his dominance in the hen yard.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write a paper on your opinion of sacrificing the few for the good of the many. This is one of the hard questions about war in general especially as it has evolved over the years. It is no longer something that takes place on a specified battle field where the only casualties are the combatants. A bomb dropped on an enemy hideout will also destroy many innocent lives. On a personal level, the question is often raised about whether one would save one life if it meant that five others would die; or would one sacrifice that one life to save the other five? It seems that such a moral judgment is not applicable to the impersonal war machine. What is your opinion?

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