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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people died in the Korean War?
(a) Five million.
(b) One billion.
(c) One million.
(d) Five thousand.

2. How many days after the surrender of the Japanese did MacArthur enter Tokyo?
(a) Six days.
(b) One day.
(c) Eighty days.
(d) Ten days.

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

4. How did MacArthur treat Manuel Roxas, a known Japanese collaborator, after liberating the Philippines from Japanese rule?
(a) He exonerated Roxas.
(b) He imprisoned Roxas.
(c) He executed Roxas.
(d) He exiled Roxas.

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

6. When did MacArthur return to the Rock after having to flee it when the Japanese attacked in 1941?
(a) March 2, 1944.
(b) June 15, 1950.
(c) August 7, 1948.
(d) October 3, 1945.

7. What did the Japanese people think of MacArthur?
(a) He was popular with them.
(b) They hated him.
(c) They respected his intellect but hated him.
(d) They thought he was a powerful enemy.

8. How did MacArthur see the war in the Pacific?
(a) As a way to increase U.S. territory in the Pacific.
(b) As a war of supply protected by air.
(c) As a German plan to distract the U.S. from Europe.
(d) As a war of infantry.

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

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

11. What cities gave MacArthur parades after his return to the United States from the Pacific once Truman dismissed him?
(a) New York and Chicago.
(b) Boston and Los Angeles.
(c) Philadelphia and Boston.
(d) San Francisco and Washington.

12. What did MacArthur use against Japanese ships near New Guinea to cut off Japanese supplies and reinforcements?
(a) Submarines.
(b) Nuclear weapons.
(c) Bombs dropped by air.
(d) Nerve gas.

13. How long did the British want the Americans to limit their Pacific objectives during World War II?
(a) A year.
(b) Until a new prime minister was elected in England.
(c) Six months.
(d) Until the Germans were defeated in Europe.

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

15. 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) An Australian soldier who was once a teacher.
(c) A private English teacher, Mrs. Phyllis Gibbons.
(d) A former Filipino teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where did MacArthur move his advance base once he had the Japanese in retreat?

2. With which branch of the military did MacArthur have conflict during the war in the Pacific?

3. What country did MacArthur think would have fallen to the Japanese if Corregidor had not held out?

4. Which of the following elements was not something encountered by American forces in the Pacific islands during World War II?

5. At the end of the Korean War, where was the line between North and South Korea?

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