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

2. To where did MacArthur move his advance base once he had the Japanese in retreat?
(a) To Moresby.
(b) To Honolulu.
(c) To Philadelphia.
(d) To Amsterdam.

3. According to the United States public polls after World War II, MacArthur was second in popularity to?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Clark Gable.
(c) Eisenhower
(d) Truman.

4. How many American and Filipino prisoners died in the Death March that began once the Japanese captured Corregidor?
(a) Twenty thousand.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Eight hundred.
(d) Seven to ten thousand.

5. When did the communist invasion of South Korea and fighting between North and South Korea begin?
(a) February 12, 1959.
(b) July 24, 1950.
(c) October 8, 1960.
(d) March 13, 1953.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following abilities did not fall within MacArthur's range of authority in Japan after the war?

2. When did Douglas MacArthur sail for Europe to join World War I?

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

4. Who accidentally took MacArthur prisoner at one point during World War I?

5. Under whose command was the Rainbow Division in which MacArthur fought during World War I?

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