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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which people in the Pacific was MacArthur committed to bringing freedom?
(a) Filipinos.
(b) Korean.
(c) All people in the Pacific.
(d) Japanese.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe the opinions of MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff about policy in Korea?
(a) MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff disagreed.
(b) The Joint Chiefs wanted to keep the current policy.
(c) MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed.
(d) MacArthur wanted the U.S. position strengthened.

3. What title was MacArthur given on April 18, 1942?
(a) Commander in Chief of the Southwest Pacific Area.
(b) Commander in Chief of the Philippines.
(c) Secretary of War.
(d) Governor of the Philippines.

4. Who did Quezon designate as his successor as president of the Philippines should he and Osmeña be killed during their flight to Australia?
(a) General MacArthur.
(b) Manuel Roxas.
(c) Jose Laurel.
(d) Felipe Garcia.

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

6. With which branch of the military did MacArthur have conflict during the war in the Pacific?
(a) The Coast Guard.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Navy.

7. Why did the government officials decide to remove MacArthur from command in Korea?
(a) He was needed more in Germany.
(b) He ignored the President and asked China to surrender.
(c) He was losing the war.
(d) He got shot and was physically disabled.

8. What type of rifle did the Japanese infantry use during World War II?
(a) A Winchester rifle.
(b) A 7.7-millimeter Arisaka rifle.
(c) A Toyoki rifle.
(d) A Springfield rifle.

9. Since the Filipino schools had been demolished during the Japanese occupation, who did the MacArthurs hire to teach Arthur upon their return to the islands?
(a) An American soldier who was once a teacher.
(b) A private English teacher, Mrs. Phyllis Gibbons.
(c) An Australian soldier who was once a teacher.
(d) A former Filipino teacher.

10. When the Soviet Union announced in 1949 that it had moved its forces out of North Korea, what did that nation expect the United States to do in response?
(a) Remove U.S. forces from Germany.
(b) Invade China.
(c) Invade North Korea.
(d) Remove U.S. forces from South Korea.

11. How long had MacArthur served in the Army when he was dismissed?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty-five years.
(d) Fifty-two years.

12. Of what disease did Quezon, the Philippine president die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Multiple sclerosis.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Diabetes.

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

14. Which Philippine island was nicknamed "the Rock"?
(a) Mindanao.
(b) Corregidor.
(c) Visayas.
(d) Luzon.

15. Why did MacArthur fly to Seoul On August 15, 1948?
(a) The South Korean president was being inaugurated.
(b) The South Koreans gave him a victory parade.
(c) For his wife's birthday.
(d) For a vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the communist invasion of South Korea and fighting between North and South Korea begin?

2. When the South Koreans sustained heavy losses at Yalu, troops from which nation were identified as having helped the North Koreans in battle?

3. What allowed the Allies to successfully thwart the Japanese in the Pacific?

4. What was Dai Ichi?

5. 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?

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