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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does MacArthur do once he divorces his wife?
(a) He becomes a priest.
(b) He marries a Filipino woman.
(c) He vows to never marry again.
(d) He takes a Filipino mistress.

2. What do many Americans suspect about the Huks?
(a) They are allied with the Japanese.
(b) They are allied with the Chinese.
(c) They are allied with the Koreans.
(d) They are allied with the Russians.

3. As Marcos debates how he will sidestep the Philippine constitution to start an illegal third term in office, what does the local press worry?
(a) He "might become a stronger leader, once he has more experience during his third term in office."
(b) He "might become a megalomaniac, drunk with his own importance [and] even consider enthroning himself as lifetime president or dictator."
(c) He "might try to continue being in power after three terms in office."
(d) He "might do a better job during his third term in office."

4. What happens to Ninoy at the airport?
(a) He is welcomed by his wife.
(b) He is driven to his new home.
(c) He is gunned down.
(d) He is given a warm welcome.

5. What does Marcos artfully negotiate to serve in Vietnam for a large amount of U.S. federal aid?
(a) A surrender deal of the Vietcong.
(b) As a leader of American troops.
(c) A "ghost" regiment of Filipino troops.
(d) A regiment of Flipino troops.

6. Who does MacArthur support while turning away his old friend Osmena?
(a) Manuel Ortega.
(b) Jimmie Vitae.
(c) Manual Roxas.
(d) Luis Varga.

7. Where is Ferdinand Marcos born on September 11, 1917?
(a) Northern Lisbon.
(b) Northern Luzon.
(c) Southern Luzon.
(d) Southern Lisbon.

8. What does congress do with many of Taft's grand plans for improving the Philippines?
(a) Congress enlarges his plans.
(b) Congress bickers at them and either downsizes or eliminates them altogether.
(c) Congress improves upon them.
(d) Congress accepts them.

9. Why does Quezon go to Washington D.C.?
(a) He is invited by the President of the United States.
(b) He is a Filipino representative.
(c) He would like to see the nation's capital.
(d) He is running for an American political office.

10. What does Taft believe will only hurt trade between the U.S. and the Philippines?
(a) Putting Osmena in power.
(b) Keeping the Philippines as a colony.
(c) Philippine independence.
(d) Putting Quezon in power.

11. How do MacArthur's troops soon find themselves after he makes this decision?
(a) Safe.
(b) Freed from the Japanese.
(c) Trapped by the Americans.
(d) Lacking in food and water.

12. How does MacArthur feel about being reassigned to the Philippines?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Excited.
(c) Angry.
(d) Disappointed.

13. How do many Filipinos feel about emancipation at this stage?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Uneasy.

14. What type of defensive system does MacArthur envision?
(a) A Swedish-style defensive system.
(b) A Chinese-style defensive system.
(c) A Dutch-style defensive system.
(d) A Swiss-style defensive system.

15. What does U.S. trade do to the gap between rich and poor?
(a) It makes it non-existent.
(b) It creates it.
(c) It shrinks it.
(d) It widens it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1907, what do Osmena and Quezon form?

2. What keeps this feeling about emancipation quiet for the most part?

3. What are the Filipinos very good at mimicking?

4. Who does Marcos jail?

5. When do the Philippines become officially independent?

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