View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Quezon climb the ladder of Filipino culture?
(a) His wealthy parents.
(b) His American elders.
(c) His wife.
(d) His Filipino elders.

2. When does another insurgency group form in northern Luzon?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1958.

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

4. On what day is Pearl Harbor attacked?
(a) November 7, 1941.
(b) December 7, 1940.
(c) December 7, 1941.
(d) November 7, 1940.

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

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

7. Quezon shows himself to be what kind of politician?
(a) A practical one.
(b) An uncertain one.
(c) A quiet one.
(d) A radical one.

8. How does Marcos seize on local unrest in 1971?
(a) By purposely escalating the situation with "fake" incidents in order to declare martial law.
(b) By purposely send false information to the press.
(c) By purposely promoting criminal activity.
(d) By purposely straining the Philippine relationship with the United States.

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

10. What does Marcos come to resent regarding Ninoy?
(a) His hero status.
(b) His humility.
(c) His extreme wealth.
(d) His intelligence.

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

12. 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 they have a certain amount of wealth.
(c) Sovereignty as soon as a "stable government " is established.
(d) Sovereignty as soon as an official president is elected.

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

14. What strengthens Ninoy's power?
(a) His presidential campaign.
(b) His abilities as a speaker.
(c) His funeral.
(d) His wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Marcos debates how he will sidestep the Philippine constitution to start an illegal third term in office, what does the local press worry?

2. On the home front, with what is Quezon having difficulty?

3. When do Douglas MacArthur, Quezon and Osmena become friends?

4. By whom are the Japanese aided?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 539 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample