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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did MacArthur give the vote in Japan?
(a) Japanese men.
(b) Japanese teenagers.
(c) Immigrants from the Philippines.
(d) Japanese women.

2. Who was MacArthur's greatest friend and confidante during the war, the person with whom he spent as much time as possible?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) His wife Jean.

3. Which of the following does not describe an aspect of life in the Philippines in 1944?
(a) Waterfalls and volcanoes on the islands.
(b) Eight languages and eighty-odd dialects spoken.
(c) A large coal mining industry.
(d) Warriors hunting game with bows and arrows.

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

5. About what did Truman and MacArthur disagree during the Korean war?
(a) The amount of support MacArthur received for the war.
(b) The battle plans for the war.
(c) The weapons to use in the war.
(d) The necessity of the war.

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

7. When did the communist invasion of South Korea and fighting between North and South Korea begin?
(a) July 24, 1950.
(b) March 13, 1953.
(c) October 8, 1960.
(d) February 12, 1959.

8. In the fall of 1944, what percentage of Filipinos were Roman Catholic?
(a) Thirty percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) One hundred percent.
(d) Eighty percent.

9. What was Dai Ichi?
(a) MacArthur's headquarters in Japan.
(b) MacArthur's Japanese butler.
(c) A city in the Philippines occupied by the Americans.
(d) A city in Japan.

10. What nickname did Jean MacArthur use for her husband in her letters to him?
(a) Mac.
(b) General.
(c) Dougie.
(d) Sir Boss.

11. Who won the battle at Inchon and Min Gun?
(a) The North Koreans.
(b) MacArthur.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Japanese.

12. What were "Sherman carpets"?
(a) U.S. Sherman tanks.
(b) Japanese children who were suicide tank bombers.
(c) A type of shag carpet favored by General Sherman.
(d) Tank drivers.

13. Who was named commander of the Pacific Ocean Areas in 1942?
(a) Admiral Halsey.
(b) Admiral Maynard.
(c) Admiral King.
(d) Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

14. What important dignitary did Jean MacArthur entertain in New Guinea in 1942 since Douglas was away at Port Moresby at the time?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(b) The Queen of England.
(c) Clark Gable.
(d) President Truman.

15. Which of the following is not a problem MacArthur had with maps of the Pacific during World War II?
(a) The maps were in black and white rather than color.
(b) There weren't many maps available.
(c) They started the war using 18th century charts.
(d) They had to capture enemy maps to know where they were.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't MacArthur think China could conduct a war in Korea?

2. Why did upper class Filipinos collaborate with the Japanese?

3. Who did Quezon designate as his successor as president of the Philippines should he and Osmeña be killed during their flight to Australia?

4. Why did MacArthur never send his men to battle on the island of Rabaul?

5. What kind of government did MacArthur establish in Japan after the war?

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