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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. In breaking through the Hindenburg Line during the strategic battle of Cote-de-Chatillon, how many men did the Rainbow Division lose?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Ten thousand.
(c) Four thousand.
(d) Two hundred.

2. What address did MacArthur give at the 1952 Republican convention?
(a) The closing address.
(b) The opening address.
(c) The luncheon address.
(d) The keynote address.

3. How did MacArthur treat Manuel Roxas, a known Japanese collaborator, after liberating the Philippines from Japanese rule?
(a) He executed Roxas.
(b) He exonerated Roxas.
(c) He imprisoned Roxas.
(d) He exiled Roxas.

4. What sports did MacArthur play during his four years at West Point?
(a) Cricket and croquet.
(b) Basketball and softball.
(c) Baseball and football.
(d) Soccer and tennis.

5. Which of the following elements was not something encountered by American forces in the Pacific islands during World War II?
(a) Cannibalism.
(b) Crocodiles and snakes.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Lions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was strictly forbidden at West Point once MacArthur accepted his position there?

2. How many American and Filipino prisoners died in the Death March that began once the Japanese captured Corregidor?

3. How many days after the surrender of the Japanese did MacArthur enter Tokyo?

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

5. At the end of the Korean War, where was the line between North and South Korea?

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