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

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

3. At what age did MacArthur become the youngest division commander in the war?
(a) Twenty nine.
(b) Forty two.
(c) Thirty eight.
(d) Forty.

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

5. Who accidentally took MacArthur prisoner at one point during World War I?
(a) Another American division that quickly released him.
(b) The Canadians.
(c) The British.
(d) The Australians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of remaining at headquarters as he was supposed to, what did MacArthur do during the first big battle near Reims?

2. Which of the following is not a problem MacArthur had with maps of the Pacific during World War II?

3. Who did President Truman appoint as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) in Japan?

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

5. With which branch of the military did MacArthur have conflict during the war in the Pacific?

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