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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. What allowed the Allies to successfully thwart the Japanese in the Pacific?
(a) The Japanese men got homesick and surrendered.
(b) The Americans had more planes.
(c) American code-breakers broke Japanese code.
(d) The Japanese contracted a deadly virus.

2. 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) They hated him.
(d) He was popular with them.

3. What kind of government did MacArthur establish in Japan after the war?
(a) A theocracy.
(b) A republic.
(c) A dictatorship.
(d) A democracy.

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

5. 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?
(a) The Republican ticket.
(b) The Democratic ticket.
(c) Both the Republican and Democratic tickets.
(d) The independent ticket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what disease did Quezon, the Philippine president die?

2. Who did Quezon designate as his successor as president of the Philippines should he and Osmeña be killed during their flight to Australia?

3. About what did Truman and MacArthur disagree during the Korean war?

4. How many people died in the Korean War?

5. How did MacArthur see the war in the Pacific?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. At the beginning of the Korean War, what factors were against the American troops?

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

5. What was island hopping and why did MacArthur not engage in it?

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

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

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

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

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

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