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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Little Brown Brothers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In mid-1900, what hope is Aguinaldo still holding out?
(a) McKinley can be defeated in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
(b) McKinley will change his views on the Philippines as a colony.
(c) That McKinley will stand up for his beliefs.
(d) McKinley will win the next election.

2. How do priests adapt to life in the Philippines?
(a) They learn the language and culture, often abandoning their vows and marrying.
(b) They abandon all aspects of their previous culture.
(c) They force the natives to comply to their way of life.
(d) They learn the language.

3. Of what does McKinley have no knowledge?
(a) Local affairs.
(b) Foreign affairs.
(c) Political affairs.
(d) Far Eastern affairs.

4. For how long does Spain keep the Philippines in a state of near suspended animation?
(a) Ten years.
(b) More than five hundred years.
(c) More than three hundred years.
(d) Two hundred years.

5. When did the United States take the Philippines as a "prize?"
(a) In World War I.
(b) In the French and Indian ar.
(c) In the Spanish American War.
(d) In the Cold War.

Short Answer Questions

1. The country is ruled indirectly from what for three hundred years?

2. In January 1900, who does President McKinley summon to discuss the Philippines?

3. McKinley does not want complications with the insurgents, but is still trying to do what?

4. Where do the Spaniards set up a trading post?

5. Why does this person agree to depart for Manila to take the position of governor?

(see the answer key)

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