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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the meaning of "Danh va dam, dam va dahn"'?
(a) Invasion and power, power and invasion.
(b) Fighting and talking, talking and fighting.
(c) Warfare and peace, peace and warfare.
(d) Freedom and slavery, slavery and freedom.

2. What did Nguyen Van Thieu do when he discovered a prisoner exchange being negotiated between the Americans and the North?
(a) He resigned his position.
(b) He was in favor of the program and promoted it.
(c) He had Sau Ha, Dang's deputy, arrested.
(d) He told the Americans to pull out of his country.

3. What happened to Diem and Nhu during the coup in Chapter 6?
(a) They were imprisoned in Saigon.
(b) They begged for their lives inside the Palace.
(c) They were able to subdue the coup and retake control.
(d) They were killed outside a church.

4. Where was Nguyen Huu Tho when Phat's men attempted to liberate him from prison?
(a) He had been executed already.
(b) Having a private visit with his family in a government compound.
(c) Inside the prison house, waiting for them.
(d) Standing near the front entrance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the overthrow of Diem, what did Tang become director-general of?

2. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?

3. What did Albert Thao believe about Diem's leadership in Vietnam?

4. What did Tang's father threaten to do in Chapter 3?

5. What did the flag devised for the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam later become famous as?

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