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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 happens at the fountain in front of the big store?

2. What was York Harding's experience in Indochina?

3. When someone does knock on Fowler's door, who is it?

4. What comment does Vigot make when Fowler says that Pyle got mixed up.

5. How does Fowler perceive the man who is selling the place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important person does Fowler meet at the insistence of Dominguez?

2. What happens to them on the way back?

3. After his stay in the hospital, where does Fowler find Phuong?

4. What admonition does Fowler give Pyle because of his support of General The?

5. What is the real reason Vigot comes to play Quatre-Vingt-et-Un with Fowler?

6. After Pyle takes Phuong away, where did Fowler go with Captain Trouin?

7. What elaborate precautions does Fowler take that evening?

8. What is the gist of Helen's letter to Fowler?

9. Almost in spite of himself, what advice is Fowler compelled to give Pyle?

10. What happens to Fowler in that situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper expressing what you believe Vigot actually knew about Pyle's death and Fowler's involvement in it. Analyze the questions Vigot keeps on asking Fowler and how Fowler has to give his answers carefully so as not to implicate himself. Vigot's persistence indicates that he knows what Fowler did, does not even wish to prosecute Fowler, but simply wants to satisfy his curiosity. Does it seem, though, that Vigot expects Fowler to protect himself?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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