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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Tang undertake a long trip to Dresden, East Germany in Chapter 20?
(a) To gather with the Communist Party leaders for a meeting.
(b) To have a long-awaiting vacation.
(c) To be trained in new techniques of warfare.
(d) To recuperate from illnesses.

3. In Chapter 21, what did Tang discover when he arrived in Saigon and telephoned his parents at his older brother's home?
(a) His mother was ill.
(b) The police had arrested his wife.
(c) His father had died.
(d) His brother, Quynh, was in the United States.

4. What happened when the city of Hue was taken by the NLF and Northern troops in January, 1968?
(a) The NLF gave the directive to carry out massacres there.
(b) Many people were murdered due to inadequate discipline.
(c) Citizens ran away and the city was nearly empty.
(d) The city was taken peacefully.

5. Upon Tang's visit to Moscow from Algiers, what did his anticipated "vacation" turn out to be?
(a) A whirlwind vistit to Soviet tourist attractions.
(b) An observation of Russian life.
(c) A meeting every day with Soviet leaders.
(d) A period of rest and recuperation.

6. 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 isolate Thieu.
(d) To have Thieu retreat from dismantling his government.

7. What nearly derailed Tang and dozens of others with him of leaving the country by boat?
(a) A monsoon hit them.
(b) A government soldier on a fishing boat grew suspicious.
(c) The boat hit a sand bar and got stuck.
(d) The pirates on the ocean spotted them.

8. What did Thieu force university and high school students to do in 1970?
(a) Refuse visits with family and friends.
(b) Stay in school at all costs.
(c) Take jobs within the military.
(d) Attend military and training exercises.

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

10. What did Article 9 of the Paris Accords call for the creation of?
(a) A National Council of Reconciliation.
(b) A humanitarian ideal of a Socialist nature.
(c) A greater role of the Saigon government in negotiations.
(d) A Korean-style equilibrium vision.

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

12. Which unit member was very popular for what he could provide the guerrillas with?
(a) The leadership cadre.
(b) The supply cadre.
(c) The finance cadre.
(d) The cook.

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

14. What position in the Provisional Revolutionary Government did Tang receive?
(a) Minister of Justice.
(b) Minister of the Interior.
(c) Foreign Minister.
(d) Cabinet Secretary.

15. How did Tran Back Dang get himself in trouble with the COSVN in Chapter 19?
(a) He made a speech vilifying the Party.
(b) He allowed his regional loyalties to interfere with his Party duties.
(c) He was taking matters into his own hands too much.
(d) He lightly said the workers' movement was worse than bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the watchwords of the danh va dam strategy used throughout the Paris talks?

2. Why was the main goal of the Northern forces in 1972 to get the U.S. out of Vietnam?

3. What break came to Tang and his wife via his wife's brother-in-law?

4. How did Tang respond when he is asked to join the new government in Vietnam?

5. What did Tang and his colleagues find to be the necessary connection between Marxism and independence?

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