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

2. Which Filipino leader formed a pro-Japanese regime and declared war on the United States and Great Britain?
(a) Manuel Quezon.
(b) Manuel Roxas.
(c) Jose Laurel.
(d) Felipe Garcia.

3. Why didn't MacArthur think China could conduct a war in Korea?
(a) China didn't want Korea.
(b) China lacked the industrial capacity to conduct a war.
(c) China lacked the funds for a war.
(d) China didn't have enough soldiers for war.

4. When Jean MacArthur returned to the Philippines after her husband liberated the islands, what did she do upon seeing the rags the people were wearing?
(a) She gave her hat and gloves to some Filipinos.
(b) She wrote an American charity about the problem.
(c) She wept.
(d) She wrote the President about the problem.

5. Against whom was MacArthur campaigning in his speeches during 1952?
(a) The Republicans.
(b) Warren Harding.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) The Truman administration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did MacArthur expand the West Point curriculum to include?

2. In 1952, why did MacArthur travel around the country?

3. To what division of the Army was MacArthur first assigned when he finished at West Point as a second lieutenant?

4. For what purpose was MacArthur's 42nd group, positioned at Nancy during World War I, destined to be used?

5. Who moved in with MacArthur once he accepted the position at West Point?

(see the answer key)

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