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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did MacArthur want to be seen and treated by others?
(a) He wanted to be respected.
(b) He wanted to be left alone.
(c) He wanted to be revered.
(d) He wanted to be considered superior to others.

2. What rank did Pershing tell MacArthur he would have if he refused his West Point appointment?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Captain.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Major.

3. Once MacArthur became Chief of Staff in 1930 and moved to Washington, what did he work on during the New Deal administration?
(a) A new secret weapon.
(b) The military defense budget.
(c) Increasing the enlistment to the army.
(d) The Civilian Conservation Corps.

4. How often did MacArthur attend church?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Sporadically, but whenever his schedule allowed.
(c) Twice weekly.
(d) Never.

5. What made MacArthur's first three weeks at West Point extremely difficult?
(a) Hazing.
(b) Homesickness.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) Influenza.

Short Answer Questions

1. In how many wars did MacArthur serve?

2. As a fifty-four year old man, who did MacArthur fear would learn about his Eurasian girlfriend?

3. In breaking through the Hindenburg Line during the strategic battle of Cote-de-Chatillon, how many men did the Rainbow Division lose?

4. What did MacArthur blow up to prevent the Japanese from advancing to Manila?

5. For how long after the attack on Pearl Harbor was there no order to attack the Japanese?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the MacArthur family go once they left the Philippines, and what happened during their journey there?

2. What were MacArthur's experiences at West Point?

3. What led to MacArthur's resignation from the active duty in 1937?

4. Which of MacArthur's actions in World War I indicated that he did not always do what he was ordered to do?

5. How did MacArthur distinguish himself in battle and advance his military career in World War I?

6. What was MacArthur's role in the Philippines once it was made a commonwealth in 1946?

7. What did MacArthur fail to do immediately after Pearl Harbor?

8. What was MacArthur's mother Pinky doing in the States while he was fighting in World War I?

9. What military action did the Japanese take in the Philippines after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

10. What was Arthur MacArthur, Jr.'s military career like once the Civil War ended?

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