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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the home front, with what is Quezon having difficulty?
(a) Finding enough products to be exported from the Philippines.
(b) Encouraging other countries to import goods.
(c) Earning enough money for his country.
(d) Growing unrest over the massive economic inequalities in his country.

2. From what are U.S. citizens barred in the Philippines?
(a) Renting property to Filipinos.
(b) Working for the natives.
(c) Having Filipino employees.
(d) Owning large tracks of land.

3. By 1909, there are ________________ elementary schools and four hundred thousand pupils in the Philippines.
(a) Two thousand.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) Four thousand.
(d) Four hundred.

4. When do boatloads of American teachers and civil servants start arriving in the Philippines?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1901.

5. Privately, what does Osmena tell Harrison?
(a) To leave the Filipinos alone.
(b) To hurry up.
(c) To slow down and do things right.
(d) To go back to the United States.

6. What does Imelda Marcos do regarding Ninoy?
(a) She helps him move to the United States.
(b) She promotes him during his presidential campaign.
(c) She begs him to return to the Philippines.
(d) She pleads with him to postpone his journey.

7. Who is Luis Taruc?
(a) The leader of the Huks.
(b) An American spy in the Philippines.
(c) The president of the Philippines.
(d) The leader of the Federalista Party.

8. A pre-CIA organization selects Ramon Magsaysay, who quickly rises through the Filipino legislative ranks. What does Magsaysay cunningly create where he gives rebels the option to surrender, but attacks mercilessly if they decline the offer?
(a) A "tortoise and hare" approach.
(b) A typical ultimatum.
(c) A useless threat.
(d) A "carrot and stick" approach.

9. Where does the American tide turn?
(a) At the battle of Midway.
(b) At the battle of Waterloo.
(c) At the battle of the Bulge.
(d) At the battle of Shiloh.

10. 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 megalomaniac, drunk with his own importance [and] even consider enthroning himself as lifetime president or dictator."
(b) He "might become a stronger leader, once he has more experience during his third term in office."
(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."

11. When the so-called "Jones" bill is re-drafted in the House in 1914, what does it give the Filipinos?
(a) Sovereignty as soon as they pay the United States a substantial fee.
(b) Sovereignty as soon as an official president is elected.
(c) Sovereignty as soon as a "stable government " is established.
(d) Sovereignty as soon as they have a certain amount of wealth.

12. Who do the Japanese instill as bogus Filipino president?
(a) Jose Suarez.
(b) Jose Sanchez.
(c) Jose Limon.
(d) Jose Laurel.

13. In late December, what does Japanese Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma plan to do?
(a) Capture the main Philippine island of Luzon in just twenty days.
(b) Capture the main Philippine island of Luzon in just ten days.
(c) Capture the main Philippine island of Luzon in just fifty days.
(d) Capture the main Philippine island of Luzon in just one hundred days.

14. Where does Marcos excel?
(a) The University of the Philippines School of Music.
(b) The University of the Philippines Law School.
(c) The University of the Philippines Medical School.
(d) The University of the Philippines School of Science.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered shocking, just as it is back in the United States?

2. What strengthens Ninoy's power?

3. With what does Imelda quickly become enamored?

4. Realizing his position, what fateful decision does MacArthur make?

5. How does Marcos seize on local unrest in 1971?

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