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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. When Jean MacArthur returned to the Philippines after her husband liberated the islands, what did she do upon seeing the rags the people were wearing?
(a) She wept.
(b) She gave her hat and gloves to some Filipinos.
(c) She wrote the President about the problem.
(d) She wrote an American charity about the problem.

2. What Japanese government document did MacArthur help write?
(a) A new tax law.
(b) A new constitution.
(c) A peace treaty with America.
(d) A trade agreement with the United Nations.

3. With which Navy admiral did MacArthur frequently come into conflict?
(a) Halsey.
(b) King.
(c) Braverton.
(d) Nimitz.

4. How many people died in the Korean War?
(a) One billion.
(b) Five thousand.
(c) One million.
(d) Five million.

5. Which of the following elements was not something encountered by American forces in the Pacific islands during World War II?
(a) Lions.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Crocodiles and snakes.
(d) Cannibalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Philippine island was nicknamed "the Rock"?

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

3. How many reporters accompanied MacArthur to South Korea on his first trip there during the war?

4. Why did MacArthur never send his men to battle on the island of Rabaul?

5. Since the Filipino schools had been demolished during the Japanese occupation, who did the MacArthurs hire to teach Arthur upon their return to the islands?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wanted MacArthur to run for President against Roosevelt in 1944 and how did MacArthur claim to feel about politics at that time?

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

3. What was the Japanese reaction when the MacArthurs left Tokyo on April 16, 1951?

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

5. How important did MacArthur consider airplanes and aerial assaults during the War in the Pacific?

6. What led to MacArthur's dismissal from the Army after fifty two years of service?

7. What problems did the US public and the US military have with maps of the Pacific during World War II?

8. How was the decision to dismiss MacArthur communicated to MacArthur?

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

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

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