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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. What allowed the Allies to successfully thwart the Japanese in the Pacific?
(a) The Japanese men got homesick and surrendered.
(b) The Japanese contracted a deadly virus.
(c) The Americans had more planes.
(d) American code-breakers broke Japanese code.

2. What piece of equipment did MacArthur refuse to carry during World War I, resulting in his injury?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A sword.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gas mask.

3. To whom did MacArthur give the vote in Japan?
(a) Immigrants from the Philippines.
(b) Japanese men.
(c) Japanese teenagers.
(d) Japanese women.

4. For what purpose was MacArthur's 42nd group, positioned at Nancy during World War I, destined to be used?
(a) As spies.
(b) As ambulance drivers.
(c) As guinea pigs for chemical experiments.
(d) As replacements.

5. Under whose command was the Rainbow Division in which MacArthur fought during World War I?
(a) Lord Mountbatten of Britain.
(b) Dwight Eisenhower.
(c) General John J. Pershing.
(d) Harry Truman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following elements was not something encountered by American forces in the Pacific islands during World War II?

2. Who was named commander of the Pacific Ocean Areas in 1942?

3. At what age did MacArthur become the youngest division commander in the war?

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

5. In breaking through the Hindenburg Line during the strategic battle of Cote-de-Chatillon, how many men did the Rainbow Division lose?

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