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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, Last Post, pgs. 459-544.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which religious denomination did MacArthur affiliate?
(a) Mormon.
(b) Episcopalian.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Pentecostal.

2. What sports did MacArthur play during his four years at West Point?
(a) Cricket and croquet.
(b) Basketball and softball.
(c) Soccer and tennis.
(d) Baseball and football.

3. During his early childhood in the west, by whom were Douglas MacArthur and his brother schooled?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Their aunt.
(c) A Baptist missionary.
(d) A Quaker teacher form England.

4. What was Dai Ichi?
(a) MacArthur's headquarters in Japan.
(b) MacArthur's Japanese butler.
(c) A city in Japan.
(d) A city in the Philippines occupied by the Americans.

5. While MacArthur was fighting in Europe during World War I, who was trying to get him promoted back in the States?
(a) His state senator.
(b) His wife Louise.
(c) His mother Pinky.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times was MacArthur married?

2. How many American and Filipino prisoners died in the Death March that began once the Japanese captured Corregidor?

3. What defense plans did MacArthur and The Quezon administration make for the Philippines?

4. What disagreement led to MacArthur's resignation from the Army's active list on December 31, 1937?

5. What country did MacArthur think would have fallen to the Japanese if Corregidor had not held out?

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