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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. How many people died in the Korean War?
(a) Five thousand.
(b) Five million.
(c) One billion.
(d) One million.

2. Why did the MacArthurs celebrate Christmas early in 1941?
(a) MacArthur was being sent to Europe to fight.
(b) They feared they would be dead by Christmas.
(c) They feared the Japanese would soon capture them.
(d) They knew they would have to evacuate by Christmas.

3. Once the Philippines became independent, what job did MacArthur want there?
(a) Governor.
(b) President.
(c) High commissioner.
(d) Viceroy.

4. What Japanese government document did MacArthur help write?
(a) A peace treaty with America.
(b) A new constitution.
(c) A new tax law.
(d) A trade agreement with the United Nations.

5. As a fifty-four year old man, who did MacArthur fear would learn about his Eurasian girlfriend?
(a) The President.
(b) The press.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was MacArthur's greatest friend and confidante during the war, the person with whom he spent as much time as possible?

2. How did MacArthur treat Manuel Roxas, a known Japanese collaborator, after liberating the Philippines from Japanese rule?

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

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

5. What did MacArthur use against Japanese ships near New Guinea to cut off Japanese supplies and reinforcements?

(see the answer key)

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