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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. In Spring 1914, to what country was MacArthur sent to gather information in preparation for possible war?
(a) Peru.
(b) Italy.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Germany.

2. During his early childhood in the west, by whom were Douglas MacArthur and his brother schooled?
(a) A Baptist missionary.
(b) Their aunt.
(c) Their mother.
(d) A Quaker teacher form England.

3. Of what disease did Quezon, the Philippine president die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Multiple sclerosis.
(d) Diabetes.

4. What title was MacArthur given on April 18, 1942?
(a) Secretary of War.
(b) Commander in Chief of the Southwest Pacific Area.
(c) Governor of the Philippines.
(d) Commander in Chief of the Philippines.

5. In the fall of 1944, what percentage of Filipinos were Roman Catholic?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Eighty percent.
(c) Thirty percent.
(d) One hundred percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day did the attack on Pearl Harbor become known?

2. Under whose command was the Rainbow Division in which MacArthur fought during World War I?

3. On what day in 1941 did the MacArthurs leave for Corregidor since Manila, the city in which they lived, was being bombed?

4. Why did MacArthur never send his men to battle on the island of Rabaul?

5. Once MacArthur became Chief of Staff in 1930 and moved to Washington, what did he work on during the New Deal administration?

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