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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI, Taps, pgs. 678-710.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did MacArthur tell the press would happen in Korea if he didn't receive more troops?
(a) The Chinese would invade.
(b) The North Koreans would win.
(c) The Korean situation would end in a stalemate.
(d) He would resign.

2. When MacArthur returned to active duty in 1941 and was made lieutenant general and put in charge of the troops in the Pacific, how much money was allotted to him to use for the defense of the Philippines?
(a) Two million dollars.
(b) One billion dollars.
(c) Ten million dollars.
(d) Three hundred thousand dollars.

3. How did the media and the public respond once MacArthur broke through the blockade?
(a) They shunned him.
(b) They hated him.
(c) They adored him and he became extremely popular.
(d) They criticized his methods.

4. Who was MacArthur's first year roommate at West Point?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) David Swenson.
(c) Arthur P.S. Hyde.
(d) Jonathan Claremont.

5. How did MacArthur see the war in the Pacific?
(a) As a German plan to distract the U.S. from Europe.
(b) As a war of infantry.
(c) As a way to increase U.S. territory in the Pacific.
(d) As a war of supply protected by air.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which people in the Pacific was MacArthur committed to bringing freedom?

2. What rank did Pershing tell MacArthur he would have if he refused his West Point appointment?

3. How many reporters accompanied MacArthur to South Korea on his first trip there during the war?

4. After the surrender of the Japanese, how did MacArthur address the citizens of the United States to inform them that the world was at peace?

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

(see the answer key)

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