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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. Why does Pyle suddenly want to leave the Continental?

2. How do the Vietminh infiltrate the city?

3. What does Fowler see when he goes out?

4. Fowler translates for Phuong that Pyle loves her and wants to marry her. What is Phuong's response?

5. Why does Vigot tell Fowler he is a suspect in the murder?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After Pyle and Phuong dance, how does the conversation go between Pyle and Miss Hei?

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

4. When Granger pins the colonel down on the fact that supplies have not arrived for the army at the front, what happens?

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

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

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

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

9. At the press conference, what is the French colonel's response to the question of French casualties?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Pyle was idealistic and inexperienced. Write a paper expressing your opinion about the dangers of such a combination in someone who has the power to do great harm. In your paper, use the naivete of Pyle as he overlooks the sarcasm and below the surface animosity of Fowler in the battle over Phuong. He seems to be a person who expects everyone to tell the truth all the time. Compare how upset he is with Fowler's lies and his belief that General The would not have exploded the bomb knowing that the parade had been canceled.

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