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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI, The Green War, pgs. 328-373.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did MacArthur feel about the likelihood of a Japanese attack in the Philippines, immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) That such an attack was inevitable.
(b) That such an attack was possible but not likely.
(c) That such an attack would not happen.
(d) That such an attack was probable.

2. What rank did Pershing tell MacArthur he would have if he refused his West Point appointment?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Captain.
(d) Major.

3. Once MacArthur became Chief of Staff in 1930 and moved to Washington, what did he work on during the New Deal administration?
(a) Increasing the enlistment to the army.
(b) A new secret weapon.
(c) The Civilian Conservation Corps.
(d) The military defense budget.

4. What happened during the MacArthur family journey by sea away from the Philippines?
(a) They all got malaria.
(b) They encountered a German submarine.
(c) The ship sprung a leak and nearly sunk.
(d) They encountered the Japanese and narrowly escaped.

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) Sixty.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) Four thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what brigade was MacArthur made the permanent commander during World War I?

2. Why did the MacArthurs celebrate Christmas early in 1941?

3. Who did Arthur MacArthur, Jr. marry?

4. What important dignitary did Jean MacArthur entertain in New Guinea in 1942 since Douglas was away at Port Moresby at the time?

5. When MacArthur moved to the Philippines soon after his marriage, by what name was he known among the Philippine people?

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