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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title was MacArthur given on April 18, 1942?
(a) Commander in Chief of the Southwest Pacific Area.
(b) Commander in Chief of the Philippines.
(c) Secretary of War.
(d) Governor of the Philippines.

2. Which of the following does not describe an aspect of life in the Philippines in 1944?
(a) Warriors hunting game with bows and arrows.
(b) A large coal mining industry.
(c) Eight languages and eighty-odd dialects spoken.
(d) Waterfalls and volcanoes on the islands.

3. Which Philippine island was nicknamed "the Rock"?
(a) Corregidor.
(b) Luzon.
(c) Visayas.
(d) Mindanao.

4. For whom did the 400,000 Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines in 1944 think it would be a supreme honor to die in battle?
(a) Their god.
(b) Their emperior Hirohito.
(c) General MacArthur.
(d) Their families.

5. What country did MacArthur think would have fallen to the Japanese if Corregidor had not held out?
(a) The United States.
(b) Australia.
(c) England.
(d) New Zealand.

6. What important dignitary did Jean MacArthur entertain in New Guinea in 1942 since Douglas was away at Port Moresby at the time?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(b) The Queen of England.
(c) Clark Gable.
(d) President Truman.

7. Which Navy admiral did MacArthur admire?
(a) Nimitz.
(b) Braverton.
(c) Halsey.
(d) King.

8. Who was named commander of the Pacific Ocean Areas in 1942?
(a) Admiral King.
(b) Admiral Halsey.
(c) Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
(d) Admiral Maynard.

9. What cities gave MacArthur parades after his return to the United States from the Pacific once Truman dismissed him?
(a) Philadelphia and Boston.
(b) New York and Chicago.
(c) San Francisco and Washington.
(d) Boston and Los Angeles.

10. Which of the following statements does not describe the opinions of MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff about policy in Korea?
(a) MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff disagreed.
(b) MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed.
(c) The Joint Chiefs wanted to keep the current policy.
(d) MacArthur wanted the U.S. position strengthened.

11. How many reporters accompanied MacArthur to South Korea on his first trip there during the war?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) One dozen.

12. After capturing Seoul, what kind of reforms did MacArthur want to establish there?
(a) Industrial reforms.
(b) Military reforms.
(c) Democratic reforms like he brought to the Philippines.
(d) Economic reforms.

13. When the Soviet Union announced in 1949 that it had moved its forces out of North Korea, what did that nation expect the United States to do in response?
(a) Invade China.
(b) Invade North Korea.
(c) Remove U.S. forces from Germany.
(d) Remove U.S. forces from South Korea.

14. How did MacArthur see the war in the Pacific?
(a) As a German plan to distract the U.S. from Europe.
(b) As a war of infantry.
(c) As a way to increase U.S. territory in the Pacific.
(d) As a war of supply protected by air.

15. What did the Japanese soldiers on Rabaul prefer to do rather than surrender to the Americans?
(a) Flee the war and seek refuge in the Philippines.
(b) Live out their lives in the rain forests of the island.
(c) Kill themselves.
(d) Continue fighting until they won or were killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Japanese people think of MacArthur?

2. Who was MacArthur's greatest friend and confidante during the war, the person with whom he spent as much time as possible?

3. To whom did MacArthur give the vote in Japan?

4. On which political party ticket did people begin to talk about MacArthur running for President as he began to succeed against the Japanese in the Pacific?

5. What were the kempei-tai?

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