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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX, Sunset Gun, pgs. 454-628.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Americans at home during World War II have trouble following the war in the Pacific?
(a) No reporters were allowed near the war.
(b) They were ignorant of its geography.
(c) There was poor radio reception from that area.
(d) Television had not yet been invented.

2. What was the first school at which MacArthur was not bored during his childhood?
(a) The one-room school at Fort Dodge.
(b) The school on the Apache Indian reservation.
(c) The Austin Academy for Young Men.
(d) The West Texas Military Academy.

3. How many people died in the Korean War?
(a) Five thousand.
(b) One million.
(c) One billion.
(d) Five million.

4. Why did MacArthur never send his men to battle on the island of Rabaul?
(a) It was his strategy to attack elsewhere.
(b) The Japanese had the island filled with land mines.
(c) The island had active volcanoes.
(d) The island was populated by cannibals.

5. Which of the following is not a problem MacArthur had with maps of the Pacific during World War II?
(a) The maps were in black and white rather than color.
(b) They started the war using 18th century charts.
(c) There weren't many maps available.
(d) They had to capture enemy maps to know where they were.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did President Truman appoint as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) in Japan?

2. How many times was MacArthur married?

3. Which Filipino leader formed a pro-Japanese regime and declared war on the United States and Great Britain?

4. In how many wars did MacArthur serve?

5. To which ancient world leader did some people compare MacArthur?

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