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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the Philippines become officially independent?
(a) July 4, 1946.
(b) July 14, 1946.
(c) July 4, 1936.
(d) July 14, 1936.

2. What are the Filipinos very good at mimicking?
(a) Customs on the surface.
(b) Their American captors.
(c) The American judicial system.
(d) American accents.

3. What does U.S. Major General Edward King do on April 9, 1942?
(a) He surrenders the force of eight hundred to the Japanese.
(b) He surrenders the force of eighty thousand to the Japanese.
(c) He surrenders the force of eight hundred thousand to the Japanese.
(d) He surrenders the force of eight thousand to the Japanese.

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

5. With what does Imelda quickly become enamored?
(a) Her political position.
(b) Her career.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The finer things in life.

6. How successful is Roxas when he cracks down on the Huks in an attempt to overwhelm them with force?
(a) He only manages to upset politicians in the United States.
(b) He only manages to alienate many local villagers.
(c) He is somewhat successful in overwhelming them with force.
(d) He is very successful.

7. Who does Ninoy take with him for his return flight?
(a) The Marcos.
(b) Several members of the press.
(c) A militia.
(d) CIA agents.

8. What does Quirino's ineptitude only help to strengthen?
(a) The American government.
(b) His own movement.
(c) Filipino politics.
(d) The opposition movement.

9. Realizing his position, what fateful decision does MacArthur make?
(a) To surrender to the Japanese.
(b) To stay in Manila, rather than travel to Bataan.
(c) To abandon Manila and board ships for the United States.
(d) To abandon Manila and moves his forces into more easily defendable Bataan.

10. What are upper level leaders in the United States slowly convinced to do regarding Marcos?
(a) Ignore him.
(b) Trust him.
(c) Abandon him.
(d) Accept him.

11. Despite the shortcomings and unrealistic expectations, _______________ quickly becomes the most literate nation in southeast Asia.
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Fiji.
(c) China.
(d) Japan.

12. Why is the investigation where Pearl Harbor commanders are punished short lived?
(a) MacArthur is seen as too "valuable" for official inquiry.
(b) MacArthur begs for forgiveness.
(c) MacArthur and the other commanders are innocent.
(d) MacArthur pays the judges to end the investigation.

13. What is Manila dubbed?
(a) "America of the East."
(b) "No Man's Land."
(c) "The Pearl of the Orient."
(d) "The Diamond in the Rough."

14. When do Douglas MacArthur, Quezon and Osmena become friends?
(a) On a plane.
(b) During a dinner
(c) On a train ride.
(d) During a lunch.

15. Why does Marcos leave a relationship (where he had produced four out of wedlock children) to marry Imelda Visitacion?
(a) For purely political reasons.
(b) She was very wealthy.
(c) He was in love with her.
(d) She was extremely beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Nationalistic insurgent groups see Quezon?

2. What does Imelda Marcos do regarding Ninoy?

3. Where does Marcos excel?

4. When is Nino's wife, Cory, allowed to visit him?

5. How long is Ninoy Aquino jailed?

(see the answer keys)

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