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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is considered shocking, just as it is back in the United States?
(a) Racial intermarriage.
(b) A humid climate.
(c) Cultural differences.
(d) Religious differences.

2. How does Marcos seize on local unrest in 1971?
(a) By purposely straining the Philippine relationship with the United States.
(b) By purposely escalating the situation with "fake" incidents in order to declare martial law.
(c) By purposely send false information to the press.
(d) By purposely promoting criminal activity.

3. How does MacArthur feel about being reassigned to the Philippines?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Excited.

4. What does Quezon complete with William Atkinson Jones?
(a) A bill to grant Philippine independence in five years.
(b) A bill to grant Philippine independence in one year.
(c) A bill to grant Philippine independence in two years.
(d) A bill to grant Philippine independence in eight years.

5. On what day is Pearl Harbor attacked?
(a) December 7, 1940.
(b) December 7, 1941.
(c) November 7, 1940.
(d) November 7, 1941.

6. What does congress do with many of Taft's grand plans for improving the Philippines?
(a) Congress enlarges his plans.
(b) Congress bickers at them and either downsizes or eliminates them altogether.
(c) Congress improves upon them.
(d) Congress accepts them.

7. What is established in the Philippines?
(a) A superficial judicial system.
(b) An all-Filipino governing system.
(c) A Filipino militia.
(d) A true judicial system.

8. What does MacArthur do once he divorces his wife?
(a) He vows to never marry again.
(b) He becomes a priest.
(c) He takes a Filipino mistress.
(d) He marries a Filipino woman.

9. How do Nationalistic insurgent groups see Quezon?
(a) As a father figure.
(b) As a leader.
(c) As a democratic leader.
(d) As a tyrant.

10. With what does Imelda quickly become enamored?
(a) Her career.
(b) The finer things in life.
(c) Her political position.
(d) Her husband.

11. What has the intelligence community worried?
(a) The country might grow in wealth and power and overshadow the United States.
(b) The country might collapse, with the Communist insurgency filling the vacuum.
(c) The country might collapse, with the Socialist insurgency filling the vacuum.
(d) The country might grow stronger and become more powerful than the United States.

12. Does Taft find that the Filipino people are satisfied with U.S. rule?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Sometimes.

13. How do some Filipinos feel as Marcos takes total power and crime plummets?
(a) Worried.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Upset.

14. What do Marcos' financial schemes bring in?
(a) More wealth to the country.
(b) More sleazy partners.
(c) More help from the United States.
(d) A stronger military.

15. Why is Douglas sent home?
(a) He contracts a bad case of malaria.
(b) He does not enjoy his time in the Philippines.
(c) He become ill with pneumonia.
(d) His duties are complete.

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful is Roxas when he cracks down on the Huks in an attempt to overwhelm them with force?

2. Who does Ninoy take with him for his return flight?

3. From where did Douglas MacArthur graduate?

4. What does Imelda Marcos do regarding Ninoy?

5. Why do some American legislators threaten to withhold foreign aid?

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