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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 did Tang's wife do to help lessen his prison sentence in Chapter 9?
(a) She bribed the tribunal president.
(b) She informed the foreign press of Tang's prediciment.
(c) She wrote a letter to the president.
(d) She divorced him in hopes he would fight to be released.

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

3. What was the best-known Ho Chi Minh slogan?
(a) "Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty."
(b) "Use your knowledge to build the future of our country."
(c) "The people have come together in a struggle for national liberation."
(d) "Our country was doubly exploited."

4. 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 stayed married to Tang through letters.
(d) She left the marriage to obey her father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Diem preoccupied with throughout his regime?

2. Why were the Montagnards' village populations forced by Diem's troops out of the mountains and into the valleys, separating them from their ancestral lands and graves?

3. What did Albert Thao and Tang finally speak to each other about in Chapter 6?

4. What was the turning point for those who finally decided to take political action and join the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces?

5. What job did Tang take at the end of Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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