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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of 1958, who were basically the only people who supported Diem's regime?
(a) Nationalist-minded Vietnamese.
(b) The French.
(c) The tribespeople from the mountains.
(d) Northern Catholic refugees and those who profited from Diem's schemes.

2. What did Tang's grandfather teach his clan each Sunday?
(a) The precepts of Confucian ethics.
(b) A proper Vietnamese diet.
(c) The elements of political regimes.
(d) How to achieve artistic development.

3. What prevented Tang from attending the First National Congress in 1962?
(a) He was arrested.
(b) He had an ulcer crisis.
(c) There were no black pajamas available for him.
(d) His connections were gone and he could not get there.

4. What was the first job Tang got in France after his parents stopped sending him money?
(a) Dishwasher.
(b) Bus Driver.
(c) Professor.
(d) Political Assistant.

5. Where was Tang taken in Chapter 9 when two well-dressed men visited him at his office in the sugar company?
(a) To the airport.
(b) To Hanoi.
(c) A restaurant in Saigon.
(d) Police headquarters.

6. Who did Ho Chi Minh remind Tang of?
(a) His eldest brother.
(b) His school teacher.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His father.

7. How did Tang find his time in jail to be?
(a) Disgustingly dirty.
(b) Intolerable.
(c) Quite bearable.
(d) Lonely.

8. What was Tang forced to swallow during his imprisonment in Chapter 10, damaging his digestive system?
(a) A mild acid.
(b) Strong vodka.
(c) Hot peppers.
(d) Soapy water.

9. What job did Tang take at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Commissioner of Naval Supplies in Toulon.
(b) Head of the Revolutionary Committee.
(c) Chief Comptroller for the Industry and Commerce Bank of Vietnam.
(d) Law Professor at Saigon University.

10. Where did President Thao lead the alliance delegation in the spring of 1969?
(a) To the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
(b) A skirmish with the secret police in Saigon.
(c) A meeting with President Johnson.
(d) A visit to Hanoi.

11. What did Ho Chi Minh give Tang at the end of their afternoon tea together at Montmorency?
(a) A teacup momento.
(b) A recital of Confucianist sayings.
(c) A book of Vietnamese history.
(d) An autographed photograph.

12. What did Tang's father decide to do when violence began to erupt in Saigon in 1945?
(a) Move the family to Thailand.
(b) Ship his sons off to Paris.
(c) Evacuate the family to the provinces.
(d) Join the armed forces.

13. How were Phat's commandos able to lure Tho's prison guards away in Chapter 7?
(a) The guards were murdered one by one.
(b) The guard's relatives called them away with various family emergencies.
(c) Phat's men lured the guards away with liquor.
(d) The prison turned out to be unmanned by guards.

14. In Chapter 3, what did Tang become more and more involved with in Paris?
(a) His pharmacy studies.
(b) His fiance from Vietnam.
(c) Agitation against the war.
(d) British culture.

15. What is COSVN which is described in Chapter 11?
(a) The Northern Vietnamese army forces.
(b) The North Vietnamese politburo.
(c) The National Liberation Front system.
(d) A leadership group made up of delegates from the Worker's Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the main tenets of Tang's manifesto for the self-determination movement?

2. Why did the NLF Committee meet in 1961 during Tet?

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

4. Who did Tang's father allow his sons to interact with outside of the home?

5. What religion was Ngo Dinh Diem connected with?

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