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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did MacArthur say a nation should do if it wasn't willing to make the full military commitment to winning a war?
(a) It should dissolve itself.
(b) It shouldn't fight.
(c) It should dissolve its army.
(d) It shouldn't be surprised to lose.

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) Felipe Garcia.
(b) Jose Laurel.
(c) General MacArthur.
(d) Manuel Roxas.

5. When America entered the Korean War, what did President Truman worry about?
(a) Retaliation in other places from the communists.
(b) Paying for the war.
(c) Losing the war.
(d) The Germans joining North Korea against America.

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

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

8. What did critics of MacArthur claim?
(a) That he was too pompous.
(b) That he choose which orders he would obey.
(c) That he was a drunkard.
(d) That he risked the lives of too many men.

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

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

11. What factors helped the Japanese succeed in the Pacific during World War II?
(a) They had better trained and better equipped soldiers.
(b) They were well equipped with petroleum and raw materials.
(c) They had more men and more planes.
(d) They had better technology and faster ships.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe the opinions of MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff about policy in Korea?

2. On which political party ticket did people begin to talk about MacArthur running for President as he began to succeed against the Japanese in the Pacific?

3. In the fall of 1944, what percentage of Filipinos were Roman Catholic?

4. What did the Japanese do to punish Filipino guerrillas who fought against them?

5. How high was the Anglo-American commitment of military resources to the Pacific?

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