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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. Who was MacArthur's greatest friend and confidante during the war, the person with whom he spent as much time as possible?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) His wife Jean.

2. Which of the following abilities did not fall within MacArthur's range of authority in Japan after the war?
(a) He could outlaw political parties.
(b) He could become president of Japan.
(c) He had authority over the function of Hirohito.
(d) He could dissolve the Diet.

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

4. What title was MacArthur given on April 18, 1942?
(a) Commander in Chief of the Southwest Pacific Area.
(b) Governor of the Philippines.
(c) Secretary of War.
(d) Commander in Chief of the Philippines.

5. What was MacArthur's goal for Korea?
(a) To keep communism out of South Korea.
(b) To keep the Chinese out of it.
(c) To unite North and South Korea as one nation.
(d) To take it over for the United States.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who did President Truman appoint as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) in Japan?

4. What did MacArthur say a nation should do if it wasn't willing to make the full military commitment to winning a war?

5. What allowed the Allies to successfully thwart the Japanese in the Pacific?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did MacArthur want to launch an amphibious attack against the North Koreans at Inchon and what objections did his advisers have against that location?

2. What was NSC-68 and how might public knowledge of it have prevented the Korean War?

3. Why were the Japanese people still convinced that they were winning the war once MacArthur retook the Philippines?

4. How did American code-breakers contribute to the war effort in the Pacific?

5. How was the everyday life of the Filipinos affected by the war and the Japanese occupation?

6. What changes in Korea in the late 1940's indicated that a war might be imminent?

7. How long were Jean and Arthur separated from General MacArthur during the battle to retake the Philippines, and what arrangements did Jean make for Arthur's education once she and her son returned to the islands?

8. What was the reaction of the American public when MacArthur was dismissed from the Army?

9. How did the American infantry differ from the German and Japanese infantry during World War II?

10. Why did wealthy Filipinos collaborate with the Japanese during World War II?

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