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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Filipino dignitaries were named as godparents for MacArthur's son, Arthur MacArthur IV?
(a) John and Phoebe Onera.
(b) Pedro and Cecilia Garcia.
(c) Manuel and Aurora Quezon.
(d) Hernan and Luisa Rivera.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What rank did Pershing tell MacArthur he would have if he refused his West Point appointment?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Major.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Captain.

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

10. On what day in 1941 did the MacArthurs leave for Corregidor since Manila, the city in which they lived, was being bombed?
(a) New Year's Day.
(b) Thanksgiving Day.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) New Year's Eve.

11. For how long after the attack on Pearl Harbor was there no order to attack the Japanese?
(a) More than eight hours.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) Ten minutes.

12. 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) Two million dollars.
(c) One billion dollars.
(d) Ten million dollars.

13. What was the name of MacArthur's second wife?
(a) Mary Jones.
(b) Jean Marie Faircloth.
(c) Sylvia Cunningham.
(d) Anna Cleveland.

14. Where did MacArthur win his fifth Silver Star?
(a) At Essey.
(b) At Paris.
(c) At Dunkirk.
(d) At Normandy.

15. For what purpose was MacArthur's 42nd group, positioned at Nancy during World War I, destined to be used?
(a) As replacements.
(b) As spies.
(c) As ambulance drivers.
(d) As guinea pigs for chemical experiments.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his early childhood in the west, by whom were Douglas MacArthur and his brother schooled?

2. To what office at West Point did Pershing appoint MacArthur after World War I?

3. As a fifty-four year old man, who did MacArthur fear would learn about his Eurasian girlfriend?

4. When the Japanese bombed Corregidor, where did the MacArthurs seek refuge on the besieged island?

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

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