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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Nineteen through Twenty-One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the dates of June 6th through 8th chosen to organize the congress for the Provisional Revolutionary Government?
(a) To honor Ho Chi Minh's birthday.
(b) To upstage a Nixon-Thieu meeting being held on Midway Island.
(c) The dates are anniversaries of grandparents' deaths.
(d) To commemmorate the founding of the NLF.

2. What was Ba Cap's personality like?
(a) Abrasive and vociferous.
(b) Good-tempered and funny.
(c) Quiet and studious.
(d) Well-liked and personable.

3. The taking of Saigon by Northern forces hinged upon the fall of which centrally located city?
(a) Hanoi.
(b) Phuoc Long.
(c) Da Nang.
(d) Ban Me Thuot.

4. What did some local Mytho guerillas do to Albert Thao?
(a) Threw him into the river to drown.
(b) Threatened his family with death.
(c) Recruited him as a spy.
(d) Shot him on the spot.

5. What was the turning point for those who finally decided to take political action and join the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces?
(a) The coup in Saigon.
(b) The violence of Tet.
(c) The American's involvement in Vietnam.
(d) The threat of nuclear warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon Tang's return to Hanoi in Chapter 20, what does he encounter in the city he has not visited for thirty years?

2. Upon Tang's visit to Moscow from Algiers, what did his anticipated "vacation" turn out to be?

3. What is meant by the "Three Kingdoms"?

4. What is COSVN which is described in Chapter 11?

5. What was the first job Tang got in France after his parents stopped sending him money?

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