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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) They hated MacArthur.
(d) To maintain their access to the Indies' oil.

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

3. Who was Ah Cheu?
(a) The Cantonese amah or nanny of MacArthur's son.
(b) A Filipino guerilla leader.
(c) A Japanese general.
(d) MacArthur's Japanese girlfriend.

4. How many American and Filipino prisoners died in the Death March that began once the Japanese captured Corregidor?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Twenty thousand.
(c) Seven to ten thousand.
(d) Eight hundred.

5. At the end of the Korean War, where was the line between North and South Korea?
(a) It had been eradicated and there was only one Korea.
(b) It extended fifty more miles into North Korea.
(c) It remained at the 38th Parallel.
(d) It extended fifty more miles into South Korea.

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

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

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

9. Who did President Truman appoint as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) in Japan?
(a) Taft.
(b) MacArthur.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Halsey.

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

11. 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.

12. 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) San Francisco and Washington.
(c) Boston and Los Angeles.
(d) Philadelphia and Boston.

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

14. Why did MacArthur never send his men to battle on the island of Rabaul?
(a) The island was populated by cannibals.
(b) It was his strategy to attack elsewhere.
(c) The Japanese had the island filled with land mines.
(d) The island had active volcanoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After capturing Seoul, what kind of reforms did MacArthur want to establish there?

2. Who was the Japanese commander of the Philippine defenses?

3. Who was named commander of the Pacific Ocean Areas in 1942?

4. Who was MacArthur's greatest friend and confidante during the war, the person with whom he spent as much time as possible?

5. 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?

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