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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, At High Port, pgs. 374-418.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Filipino dignitaries were named as godparents for MacArthur's son, Arthur MacArthur IV?
(a) Pedro and Cecilia Garcia.
(b) Manuel and Aurora Quezon.
(c) Hernan and Luisa Rivera.
(d) John and Phoebe Onera.

2. Why were the Japanese determined not to let MacArthur retake the Philippines?
(a) They hated MacArthur.
(b) To maintain their access to the Indies' oil.
(c) They wanted to expand Japan's territories.
(d) They knew it would mean losing the war.

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

4. With which branch of the military did MacArthur have conflict during the war in the Pacific?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Coast Guard.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Marines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What made MacArthur's first three weeks at West Point extremely difficult?

2. For whom did the 400,000 Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines in 1944 think it would be a supreme honor to die in battle?

3. What two European countries declared war on the United States soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

4. In Spring 1914, to what country was MacArthur sent to gather information in preparation for possible war?

5. What factors helped the Japanese succeed in the Pacific during World War II?

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