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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. Why did MacArthur have to testify at a Congressional investigation about his experience at West Point?
(a) Another student shot an instructor.
(b) He was involved in a scandal involving theft.
(c) He witnessed an act of cheating at the school.
(d) Another plebe died from an act of hazing.

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

3. Who wanted MacArthur to resign from the army?
(a) The president.
(b) His Eurasian girlfriend.
(c) His mother Pinky.
(d) His wife Louise and her family.

4. In breaking through the Hindenburg Line during the strategic battle of Cote-de-Chatillon, how many men did the Rainbow Division lose?
(a) Four thousand.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) Two hundred.

5. 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 school.
(c) In the basement of a prison.
(d) In a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the British want the Americans to limit their Pacific objectives during World War II?

2. What rank did Pershing tell MacArthur he would have if he accepted his West Point appointment?

3. What did the Japanese people think of MacArthur?

4. What military honor did MacArthur's father earn for his service during the Civil War?

5. When America entered the Korean War, what did President Truman worry about?

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