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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. For how long after the attack on Pearl Harbor was there no order to attack the Japanese?
(a) Two days.
(b) Three hours.
(c) More than eight hours.
(d) Ten minutes.

2. What was the nickname MacArthur's men gave him?
(a) Uncle Mac.
(b) General Mac.
(c) Junior.
(d) Dugout Doug.

3. What did MacArthur blow up to prevent the Japanese from advancing to Manila?
(a) Railroad stations.
(b) Bridges.
(c) The Manila harbor.
(d) Roads.

4. What defense plans did MacArthur and The Quezon administration make for the Philippines?
(a) Operation Islander.
(b) The Orange Plans.
(c) The Banana Plans.
(d) Operation Big Gun.

5. To what division of the Army was MacArthur first assigned when he finished at West Point as a second lieutenant?
(a) The Corps of Engineers.
(b) The motor pool.
(c) The cavalry.
(d) The medical corps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What military honor did MacArthur's father earn for his service during the Civil War?

2. On what day in 1941 did the MacArthurs leave for Corregidor since Manila, the city in which they lived, was being bombed?

3. What piece of equipment did MacArthur refuse to carry during World War I, resulting in his injury?

4. What did MacArthur expand the West Point curriculum to include?

5. When did MacArthur enter the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was MacArthur's second wife and how did his second marriage differ from his first?

2. What was MacArthur's early military career like?

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

4. What was Christmas like for the MacArthur family in 1941?

5. Who was MacArthur's first wife and why did the marriage end?

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

7. Discuss MacArthur's military career.

8. What was Douglas MacArthur's childhood like?

9. What job did General Pershing give MacArthur once World War I ended?

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

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