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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time of day did the attack on Pearl Harbor become known?
(a) At noon.
(b) At midnight.
(c) At four in the afternoon.
(d) After three in the morning.

2. While MacArthur was fighting in Europe during World War I, who was trying to get him promoted back in the States?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother Pinky.
(c) His wife Louise.
(d) His state senator.

3. To what division of the Army was MacArthur first assigned when he finished at West Point as a second lieutenant?
(a) The medical corps.
(b) The motor pool.
(c) The Corps of Engineers.
(d) The cavalry.

4. How old was MacArthur when he died?
(a) Sixty two.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Eighty four.
(d) Fifty.

5. In what year was The Philippines made an independent commonwealth?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1933.

6. Who opposed MacArthur's first marriage?
(a) MacArthur's commanding officer.
(b) MacArthur's mother Pinky.
(c) The bride's father.
(d) MacArthur's grandfather.

7. What disagreement led to MacArthur's resignation from the Army's active list on December 31, 1937?
(a) Disagreement over his militarization of the Philippines.
(b) Disagreement over his relationship with Quezon.
(c) Disagreement over his rank.
(d) Disagreement over his salary.

8. 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) Three hundred thousand dollars.
(b) Ten million dollars.
(c) Two million dollars.
(d) One billion dollars.

9. At what age did MacArthur become the youngest division commander in the war?
(a) Forty two.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty nine.
(d) Thirty eight.

10. What was the nickname MacArthur's men gave him?
(a) Junior.
(b) Dugout Doug.
(c) Uncle Mac.
(d) General Mac.

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

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

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

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

15. 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 would not happen.
(c) That such an attack was possible but not likely.
(d) That such an attack was inevitable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What piece of equipment did MacArthur refuse to carry during World War I, resulting in his injury?

3. In how many wars did MacArthur serve?

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

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

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