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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the profession of MacArthur's grandfather, Arthur Sr.?
(a) He was a judge.
(b) He was a sailor.
(c) He was a preacher.
(d) He was a blacksmith.

2. Of what place was Arthur MacArthur, Jr. made military governor in 1900?
(a) Antigua.
(b) Easter Island.
(c) Australia.
(d) The Philippines.

3. What two European countries declared war on the United States soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) Poland and Hungary.
(b) France and Germany.
(c) Spain and Greece.
(d) Germany and Italy.

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

5. To whom did MacArthur equate himself as a defender of Christianity?
(a) Christ.
(b) The crusaders from the Middle Ages.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Billy Graham.

6. What was the first school at which MacArthur was not bored during his childhood?
(a) The West Texas Military Academy.
(b) The Austin Academy for Young Men.
(c) The one-room school at Fort Dodge.
(d) The school on the Apache Indian reservation.

7. Who served as MacArthur's chief aide in the Philippines?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Jerry Overstreet.
(d) Carlton Reynolds.

8. Why did MacArthur have to testify at a Congressional investigation about his experience at West Point?
(a) He was involved in a scandal involving theft.
(b) Another student shot an instructor.
(c) Another plebe died from an act of hazing.
(d) He witnessed an act of cheating at the school.

9. Once the Philippines became independent, what job did MacArthur want there?
(a) Viceroy.
(b) High commissioner.
(c) Governor.
(d) President.

10. In what famous Civil War battle did Douglas MacArthur's father fight in November 1863?
(a) Antietam.
(b) Gettysburg.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Missionary Ridge.

11. With which religious denomination did MacArthur affiliate?
(a) Pentecostal.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Episcopalian.

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

13. What made MacArthur's first three weeks at West Point extremely difficult?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Hazing.
(d) Homesickness.

14. To which ancient world leader did some people compare MacArthur?
(a) Gengis Khan.
(b) Attila the Hun.
(c) Alexander the Great.
(d) Hannibal.

15. To what office at West Point did Pershing appoint MacArthur after World War I?
(a) Dean.
(b) Assistant Professor.
(c) Superintendent.
(d) Principal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Douglas MacArthur sail for Europe to join World War I?

2. To what rank did Arthur MacArthur, Jr. get promoted by age nineteen?

3. What disagreement led to MacArthur's resignation from the Army's active list on December 31, 1937?

4. In breaking through the Hindenburg Line during the strategic battle of Cote-de-Chatillon, how many men did the Rainbow Division lose?

5. What happened when MacArthur was given command of a company at Leavenworth?

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