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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has the intelligence community worried?
(a) The country might grow stronger and become more powerful than the United States.
(b) The country might grow in wealth and power and overshadow the United States.
(c) The country might collapse, with the Socialist insurgency filling the vacuum.
(d) The country might collapse, with the Communist insurgency filling the vacuum.

4. 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 do a better job during his third term in office."
(b) He "might try to continue being in power after three terms in office."
(c) He "might become a stronger leader, once he has more experience during his third term in office."
(d) He "might become a megalomaniac, drunk with his own importance [and] even consider enthroning himself as lifetime president or dictator."

5. To what does the majority of aid money go?
(a) To the Vietnam War effort.
(b) To support organizations in the Philippines.
(c) Marcos' pet causes or directly into his pocket.
(d) To the United States.

6. From where did Douglas MacArthur graduate?
(a) Yale.
(b) West Point.
(c) Harvard.
(d) The Naval Academy.

7. How does Colonel Douglas MacArthur distinguish himself in the waning years of World War I?
(a) With his courage, prowess, and brashness under fire.
(b) With his courage, arrogance, and negilence under fire.
(c) With his wealth, intelligence, and brashness under fire.
(d) With his prowess, hatred, and intelligence under fire.

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

9. In 1907, what do Osmena and Quezon form?
(a) A political alliance and found the Federalista party.
(b) A non-profit organization to help disadvantaged youth.
(c) An organization to fund education programs.
(d) A political alliance and the Nacionalista party.

10. What infamous comment does MacArthur make to the press in Australia?
(a) His "It is over" comment.
(b) His "I am done" comment.
(c) His "I shall return" comment.
(d) His "What happened" comment.

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

12. What is established in the Philippines?
(a) A superficial judicial system.
(b) A true judicial system.
(c) A Filipino militia.
(d) An all-Filipino governing system.

13. Does Taft find that the Filipino people are satisfied with U.S. rule?
(a) Yes.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No.
(d) Sometimes.

14. What is considered shocking, just as it is back in the United States?
(a) Religious differences.
(b) Racial intermarriage.
(c) Cultural differences.
(d) A humid climate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What strengthens Ninoy's power?

2. Where does the American tide turn?

3. When do boatloads of American teachers and civil servants start arriving in the Philippines?

4. What are upper level leaders in the United States slowly convinced to do regarding Marcos?

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

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