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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX, Sunset Gun, pgs. 454-628.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Japanese bombed Corregidor, where did the MacArthurs seek refuge on the besieged island?
(a) In a tunnel.
(b) In the basement of a prison.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In the basement of a school.

2. Why did Americans at home during World War II have trouble following the war in the Pacific?
(a) Television had not yet been invented.
(b) No reporters were allowed near the war.
(c) There was poor radio reception from that area.
(d) They were ignorant of its geography.

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

4. When MacArthur moved to the Philippines soon after his marriage, by what name was he known among the Philippine people?
(a) The Liberator.
(b) King Mac.
(c) The Tall White Chief.
(d) General MacArthur the Younger.

5. How old was MacArthur when he died?
(a) Sixty two.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Eighty four.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long after the attack on Pearl Harbor was there no order to attack the Japanese?

2. What did MacArthur expand the West Point curriculum to include?

3. For which people in the Pacific was MacArthur committed to bringing freedom?

4. What was MacArthur instructed to do for the South Koreans when the Korean War erupted?

5. What was strictly forbidden at West Point once MacArthur accepted his position there?

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