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

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

3. What kind of warfare was being fought in France in 1914?
(a) Nuclear warfare.
(b) Trench warfare.
(c) Aerial warefare.
(d) Naval warfare.

4. When did Douglas MacArthur sail for Europe to join World War I?
(a) In March 1912.
(b) In October 1917.
(c) In February 1914.
(d) In July 1918.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Japanese people think of MacArthur?

3. How did the media and the public respond once MacArthur broke through the blockade?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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