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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 Vigot want Fowler to tell him?

2. When Fowler's car runs out of gas, what does he have to do to get to a Vietnamese lookout?

3. Why does Pyle want to take Phuong to America to get married?

4. Who gets a job for Miss Hei with the Americans?

5. What is Heng's answer when Fowler asks if he had anything to do with the bombing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fowler mean when he tells Vigot that York Harding in the man who killed Alden Pyle?

2. When Fowler returns to his flat, who is there?

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

4. What happens to Fowler in that situation?

5. Why is Pyle upset that the bomb had gone off that day?

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

7. When Fowler goes to see Mr. Heng after the Garnier bomb, what request does Heng make of him?

8. What happens right after two American girls walk out of the Pavilon?

9. What happens to them on the way back?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper about why Mr. Heng was so sure that Thomas Fowler would cooperate in getting Pyle to the restaurant. There are two factors here for your paper. One, is the idea of coming out on top in a love triangle. Asian men especially would relate to this concept. The other is the factor of Fowler's dependence on covert information to write his articles. Your paper will evaluate which motive is stronger with Fowler.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write a paper explaining why Fowler tells Vigot that York Harding killed Alden Pyle. This will be an opinion piece about how people are influenced by what they read. Fowler recognizes that Pyle has been taken up in an idealistic dream over Harding's untried idea that a Third Force is the answer to the Vietnam conflict. The fallacy of that idea should be readily apparent. It would not serve to bolster the position of the one force it is meant to enhance. Rather, would it not just create a new entity in the struggle for power? Answer this question by pointing out what Pyle's Third Force did by supporting General The.

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