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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. Who did Quezon designate as his successor as president of the Philippines should he and Osmeña be killed during their flight to Australia?
(a) Manuel Roxas.
(b) Felipe Garcia.
(c) Jose Laurel.
(d) General MacArthur.

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

3. For which people in the Pacific was MacArthur committed to bringing freedom?
(a) All people in the Pacific.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Filipinos.
(d) Korean.

4. What did MacArthur feel about the likelihood of a Japanese attack in the Philippines, immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) That such an attack was probable.
(b) That such an attack was inevitable.
(c) That such an attack would not happen.
(d) That such an attack was possible but not likely.

5. Who was MacArthur's first year roommate at West Point?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) Arthur P.S. Hyde.
(c) David Swenson.
(d) Jonathan Claremont.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did MacArthur become the youngest division commander in the war?

2. What was the nickname MacArthur's men gave him?

3. What did the Japanese soldiers on Rabaul prefer to do rather than surrender to the Americans?

4. How many medals did MacArthur receive during the course of his career?

5. What was MacArthur's class standing upon graduation from West Point?

(see the answer key)

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