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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new means of transportation was Vietnam inundated with in 1969 and 1970?
(a) Itallian bicycles.
(b) Mopeds.
(c) Volkswagens.
(d) Japanese motorbikes.

2. What did Tang do at the International Association of Democratic Jurists in Algeria to insult the Soviets?
(a) Denounced the Soviets stance in a speech.
(b) Made a rude comment to a Soviet delegate and tried to retract it.
(c) Refused to shake hands with the Soviet delegate to the conference.
(d) Walked away from a statement made by the Soviet delegate.

3. What did Tang and the nationalists feel the Paris agreement would give them an opportunity to do as described in Chapter 18?
(a) Proselytize to the Saigon regime.
(b) Increase the fears of partnership with the PRG.
(c) Fight externally for a settlement.
(d) Get an agreement on paper.

4. What did Tang bring to the attention of DRV Prime Minister Dong in Chapter 22?
(a) The lawless rampage that was taking place.
(b) Prime Minister Dong's need for a new set of laws.
(c) The development of a code of law.
(d) How the end of arrests has taken place.

5. What did the Western delegates at the International Association of Democratic Jurists in Algeria do to surprise Tang in Chapter 20?
(a) They feted the Party and ignored the PRG.
(b) They showed fervid public enthusiasm at America's humiliation.
(c) They showed a lack of manners when refusing to acknowledge the PRG.
(d) They cheered on America's military greatness in his presence.

6. Why was the main goal of the Northern forces in 1972 to get the U.S. out of Vietnam?
(a) To isolate the Thieu regime, bringing domestic opposition to them.
(b) To show the world that America was oppressive.
(c) To stop the heavy hits of the B-52 bombs.
(d) To stimulate Vietnam's economy.

7. What was the PRG opposed to?
(a) Troop withdrawals by Nixon.
(b) Including people from Central Vietnam in their group.
(c) Being linked to Hanoi.
(d) Revolutionary justice as performed in Hue.

8. When Tang revisited Hanoi in 1974, what did he note about the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
(a) The original paths had grown dense with jungle foilage.
(b) Transportation was non-existant.
(c) The route had become a system of two-lane roads.
(d) The dirt paths were unchanged from years past.

9. What were "elephant's intestines?"
(a) Moneys cooked in a pot.
(b) Poisonous snakes.
(c) Long tubes of rolled cotton.
(d) The belts on the guerrillas' pajamas.

10. How could the importance of Tang's and his colleague's roles be measured in Chapter 16?
(a) Who was promoted within the ranks.
(b) By the salary raises they received.
(c) How they were treated by the party.
(d) How many pairs of pajamas they received.

11. What were all of the attendants aware of at the PRG meeting in January of 1972?
(a) They were losing the war.
(b) Cambodia would take over Vietnam.
(c) Their struggle was reaching a turning point.
(d) That the Soviets and China were pulling away.

12. What statement did Henry Kissinger make in a 1968 "Foreign Affairs" article?
(a) "A standard army wins if it does not lose."
(b) "Even though we run like hell, we'll still win."
(c) "Guerrillas win if they don't lose."
(d) "Winning is only half the battle."

13. Where did the NLF establish a new headquarters after America's Cambodian attack?
(a) Komchai Meas.
(b) Kandol.
(c) Kratie.
(d) Krek.

14. What was the reason behind the National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord as described in Article 9 of the Paris Accords?
(a) To resolve Vietnam's domestic problems through political means.
(b) To engage Vietnam's military operatives.
(c) To have Thieu retreat from dismantling his government.
(d) To isolate Thieu.

15. What did Tang ask PRG President Phat concerning the directives established at the COSVN/PRG meeting in Chapter 22?
(a) He asks to help reinvent the directives.
(b) He wants to know if he has time for a series of word games.
(c) He asks if he needs to be sent to a reeducation camp.
(d) He asks why the people are taking so long to be reeducated.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the elections of 1976, what did the police do to anyone who did not vote?

2. What did Article 9 of the Paris Accords call for the creation of?

3. What was Tang's last official function in Algeria?

4. When the Ho Chi Minh trail was originally blazed in 1959, how many kilometers were the fighters expected to be able to advance every day?

5. What was the most popular weaponry used in the Front?

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