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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Sixteen through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the American Ambassador trying to arrange the appearance of a real election in Saigon in Chapter 17?
(a) George McGovern.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ellsworth Bunker.
(d) Henry Kissinger.

2. Why was Tang's wife allowed to visit Tang when he was imprisoned by the secret police and tortured?
(a) The rules called for family visitors.
(b) She would be arrested also.
(c) She agreed to encourage him to sign an admission of guilt.
(d) The police wished to torture her also, in front of Tang.

3. When Tang was in solitary confinement in the national police headquarters, what saved him from lapsing into permanent catatonia?
(a) The end of torture.
(b) The twice-daily meals.
(c) The books he was given to read.
(d) The prison grapevine.

4. What is meant by the "Three Kingdoms"?
(a) A Vietnamese moral tale.
(b) The story behind the founding of the NLF.
(c) A respectful way to end the war.
(d) The main Vietnamese religion.

5. How did Nixon and Kissinger justify the Tet offensive bombings and invasion of Cambodia?
(a) It gained an essential year of time.
(b) It brought an end to the American anti-war protests.
(c) It increased American unity.
(d) A propaganda war of words was won.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were both Nixon and Kissinger unable to formulate policies that would frustrate the strategies of the North?

2. What were the watchwords of the danh va dam strategy used throughout the Paris talks?

3. How could the importance of Tang's and his colleague's roles be measured in Chapter 16?

4. Who did Tang's wife end up bribing in order to get Tang transferred to the national police headquarters?

5. What did Thieu force university and high school students to do in 1970?

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