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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 did MacArthur feel about the likelihood of a Japanese attack in the Philippines, immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) That such an attack was probable.
(b) That such an attack was possible but not likely.
(c) That such an attack was inevitable.
(d) That such an attack would not happen.

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

3. When did MacArthur enter the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York?
(a) June 13, 1899.
(b) May 2, 1910.
(c) September 8, 1895.
(d) April 15, 1917.

4. Which member of his family accompanied MacArthur to the Philippines?
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which ancient world leader did some people compare MacArthur?

2. How soon after the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor were the Japanese on the ground in the Philippines?

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

4. When MacArthur moved to the Philippines soon after his marriage, by what name was he known among the Philippine people?

5. What did the Japanese soldiers on Rabaul prefer to do rather than surrender to the Americans?

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