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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, At High Port, pgs. 374-418.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many American and Filipino prisoners died in the Death March that began once the Japanese captured Corregidor?
(a) Twenty thousand.
(b) Eight hundred.
(c) Seven to ten thousand.
(d) One thousand.

2. What rank did Pershing tell MacArthur he would have if he refused his West Point appointment?
(a) Major.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Captain.

3. In what famous Civil War battle did Douglas MacArthur's father fight in November 1863?
(a) Antietam.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Missionary Ridge.
(d) Gettysburg.

4. When did MacArthur enter the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York?
(a) May 2, 1910.
(b) June 13, 1899.
(c) September 8, 1895.
(d) April 15, 1917.

5. Where did Arthur MacArthur, Jr. serve in the army after the Civil War ended?
(a) Fort Knox.
(b) The Western front.
(c) Fort Niagara.
(d) For Ticonderoga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the heritage of the MacArthur family?

2. What Filipino dignitaries were named as godparents for MacArthur's son, Arthur MacArthur IV?

3. What military honor did MacArthur's father earn for his service during the Civil War?

4. During what event did Arthur MacArthur, Jr. die?

5. For how long after the attack on Pearl Harbor was there no order to attack the Japanese?

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