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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V, Retreat, pgs. 205-276.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How soon after the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor were the Japanese on the ground in the Philippines?
(a) Within two days.
(b) By Christmas.
(c) By New Year's.
(d) Within two months.

2. What did the Filipino first lady give MacArthur on August 24, 1936, making him a field marshal?
(a) A silver sword.
(b) A red hat.
(c) A gold baton.
(d) A blue and white medal.

3. What was the first school at which MacArthur was not bored during his childhood?
(a) The Austin Academy for Young Men.
(b) The school on the Apache Indian reservation.
(c) The West Texas Military Academy.
(d) The one-room school at Fort Dodge.

4. Where did Arthur MacArthur, Jr. serve in the army after the Civil War ended?
(a) Fort Niagara.
(b) For Ticonderoga.
(c) The Western front.
(d) Fort Knox.

5. Instead of remaining at headquarters as he was supposed to, what did MacArthur do during the first big battle near Reims?
(a) He fled the battlefield.
(b) He took pictures of the battle from a safe distance.
(c) He drove to Paris to party with French actors.
(d) He joined the troops in the trenches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the plebes gain once MacArthur restructured the program and routine at West Point that they had not had before?

2. Who accidentally took MacArthur prisoner at one point during World War I?

3. In breaking through the Hindenburg Line during the strategic battle of Cote-de-Chatillon, how many men did the Rainbow Division lose?

4. Who did Arthur MacArthur, Jr. marry?

5. As a fifty-four year old man, who did MacArthur fear would learn about his Eurasian girlfriend?

(see the answer key)

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