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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What begins roaming the countryside, killing American collaborators?
(a) Japanese death squads.
(b) Filipino clergy.
(c) Filipino death squads.
(d) Former United States soldiers.

2. The locals are supposed to be self-ruling, but in reality, who has total control?
(a) The Friars.
(b) The missionaries.
(c) The political leaders.
(d) The Americans.

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

4. Why does Aguinaldo depart to the mainland?
(a) To raise an army to fight the Spanish.
(b) To meet with Dewey.
(c) To escape the Americans.
(d) To flee the war.

5. What stories heavily influence the natives?
(a) Christian.
(b) Western.
(c) Pagan.
(d) Local.

6. On what do the Spanish soldiers excitedly concentrate?
(a) Preparing the Philippine people to be independent.
(b) Collecting revenue and converting the population to Christianity.
(c) Selling the Philippines to the United States.
(d) Finding a route to enhance their power in the spice trade.

7. How is the carnage affecting many American troops?
(a) They are becoming less interested in fighting.
(b) They are becoming less aggressive and willing to fight.
(c) They are becoming more sensitive to the situation.
(d) They are becoming desensitized.

8. How do American commanders and troops retaliate?
(a) With a "torture the prisoners" policy.
(b) By pulling out of Manila.
(c) With a "no prisoners" policy.
(d) With an increase in forced labor camps.

9. Where else do the Portuguese aggressively explore over the next ten years?
(a) Samaria, Chile, and even Argentina.
(b) Ethiopia, India, and even Bermuda.
(c) Sumatra, China, and even Japan.
(d) Egypt, The Ivory Coast, and even Barbados.

10. Conservative President Grover Cleveland ______________ pressure to annex Hawaii and attack Cuba.
(a) Resists.
(b) Encourages.
(c) Succumbs to.
(d) Ignores.

11. When does the crew gaze upon the Philippines for the first time?
(a) April 1621.
(b) March 1521.
(c) March 1621.
(d) April 1521.

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

13. What creates resentment among the growing Filipino educated class?
(a) Allowing them to be educated abroad but not in their own country.
(b) Allowing Filipinos to be educated, but not allowing them to become priests.
(c) Not allowing Filipinos to be educated, but allowing them to become priests.
(d) Allowing them to be educated in their own country but not abroad.

14. In the spirit of "benevolent assimilation," General Otis focuses army resources towards what?
(a) Public education and rebuilding the legal system.
(b) Converting the locals to Christianity.
(c) Suppressing the locals.
(d) Teaching English to the locals.

15. How does Long react when Roosevelt connives to have a fellow expansionist appointed as the next Navy Commodore?
(a) Long reprimands Roosevelt and does not allow the appointee to stand.
(b) Long reprimands Roosevelt but allow his appointee to stand.
(c) Long rewards Roosevelt.
(d) Long resigns as the secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to McKinley's inauguration pledge to not seek to gain territory beyond the borders of the United States?

2. What were the Philippines to the Spanish initially?

3. From where does the Spaniards' main threat come?

4. The term ___________________ is used to mean the worldwide assertion of American power for the "good" of other civilizations.

5. How has the Filipino perception of the United States changed over the years?

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