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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, Call to Quarters, pgs. 116-160.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did MacArthur have to testify at a Congressional investigation about his experience at West Point?
(a) Another student shot an instructor.
(b) He was involved in a scandal involving theft.
(c) Another plebe died from an act of hazing.
(d) He witnessed an act of cheating at the school.

2. Who did Arthur MacArthur, Jr. marry?
(a) Mary Pinky Hardy.
(b) Janice Morton.
(c) Eleanor Carlisle.
(d) Carrie Stephenson.

3. Who opposed MacArthur's first marriage?
(a) MacArthur's commanding officer.
(b) MacArthur's mother Pinky.
(c) The bride's father.
(d) MacArthur's grandfather.

4. When MacArthur moved to the Philippines soon after his marriage, by what name was he known among the Philippine people?
(a) The Tall White Chief.
(b) The Liberator.
(c) General MacArthur the Younger.
(d) King Mac.

5. In breaking through the Hindenburg Line during the strategic battle of Cote-de-Chatillon, how many men did the Rainbow Division lose?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Ten thousand.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Four thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rank did Pershing tell MacArthur he would have if he accepted his West Point appointment?

2. From where was Arthur MacArthur, Jr.'s bride?

3. While MacArthur was fighting in Europe during World War I, who was trying to get him promoted back in the States?

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

5. During his early childhood in the west, by whom were Douglas MacArthur and his brother schooled?

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