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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Seven through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first choice for a leader of the South Vietnamese nationalist movement, though he did not accept the role?
(a) Tran Kim Quan.
(b) Trinh Dinh Thao.
(c) Nguyen Huu Tho.
(d) Michael Van Vi.

2. What happened to Tang ten days before Albert Thao attempted a coup on Khan's regime?
(a) He was sent to America as a diplomat.
(b) He refused to let Thao take refuge with him.
(c) He left the NLF for good.
(d) He was arrested.

3. What were Agrovilles?
(a) A government project of self-contained villages.
(b) A capitalistic branch of society.
(c) Villages in which to house captured enemies.
(d) A method of increasing revenue for farmers.

4. Why did Tang's early mobilization committee in Chapter 7 send Nguyen Van Hieu to Hanoi?
(a) To rid themselves of Hieu.
(b) To discuss assassination plans for Diem.
(c) To plan a mass emigration to America.
(d) To gain support from their Northern compatriots.

5. What did Tang's wife ultimately do about her marriage in Chapter 3?
(a) She returned to Tang and had her child.
(b) She commited suicide.
(c) She left the marriage to obey her father.
(d) She stayed married to Tang through letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tang's wife do to help lessen his prison sentence in Chapter 9?

2. How did Albert Thao become a trusted member of Diem's administration?

3. Who was Ngo Dinh Nhu?

4. Why was the Northern Vietnamese government fearful of American involvement in the fighting in Vietnam in the early 1960s?

5. What role did the leading figure of the Committee to Defend the Peace, Dr. Pham Van Huyen, play in Diem's government in 1954?

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