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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After capturing Seoul, what kind of reforms did MacArthur want to establish there?
(a) Industrial reforms.
(b) Economic reforms.
(c) Military reforms.
(d) Democratic reforms like he brought to the Philippines.

2. What country did MacArthur think would have fallen to the Japanese if Corregidor had not held out?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) England.
(c) The United States.
(d) Australia.

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

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

5. Why did Americans at home during World War II have trouble following the war in the Pacific?
(a) No reporters were allowed near the war.
(b) There was poor radio reception from that area.
(c) They were ignorant of its geography.
(d) Television had not yet been invented.

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

7. Which two groups among the Filipino population did not ignore their Japanese invaders, unlike the rest of the population?
(a) The women and children.
(b) The aged and the infirm.
(c) The poor farmers and the fishermen.
(d) The guerrillas and the collaborators.

8. 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?
(a) She wrote an American charity about the problem.
(b) She gave her hat and gloves to some Filipinos.
(c) She wept.
(d) She wrote the President about the problem.

9. What were the kempei-tai?
(a) The Japanese secret police.
(b) The Philippine guerillas.
(c) The Japanese infantry.
(d) The Philippine senators.

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

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

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

13. What was the public reaction when MacArthur was dismissed?
(a) The public was outraged.
(b) The public wanted MacArthur put on trial.
(c) The public rejoiced.
(d) Some approved, but some wanted to impeach Truman.

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

15. How did the wily MacArthur label the box containing his tea service, candelabra, and other personal items so that the box survived the attack on Manila?
(a) Beware of snakes.
(b) Poison - do not touch.
(c) Medical Supplies - for shipment to Tokyo.
(d) Official business - Japanese Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of rifle did the Japanese infantry use during World War II?

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

3. How many days after the surrender of the Japanese did MacArthur enter Tokyo?

4. Which of the following does not describe an aspect of life in the Philippines in 1944?

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

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