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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Quirino's ineptitude only help to strengthen?

3. In late December, what does Japanese Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma plan to do?

4. What does Taft believe will only hurt trade between the U.S. and the Philippines?

5. What does U.S. Major General Edward King do on April 9, 1942?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ferdinand Marcos.

2. Who rises to power during this time?

3. What is the "Bataan death march?"

4. What is the result of Ninoy"s funeral?

5. Who begins arriving in the Philippines in 1901? Why?

6. What has happened in the Philippines by 1909?

7. Describe MacArthur's career as U.S. Chief of Staff.

8. What are some of the major problems with the attitudes of the Americans?

9. What takes place with Woodrow Wilson is elected president?

10. Describe Douglas MacArthur at the beginning of this chapter.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ninoy Aquino is killed when returning to the Philippines.

Part 1) Why does he return? Was this a good idea? Why or why not?

Part 2) Who might have had him killed? Why how do you know this?

Part 3) Does his death help or hurt his cause? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The Marcoses dupe many people.

Part 1) Who are the Marcoses? How do they trick others?

Part 2) Why are they so successful at duping others?

Part 3) How does this trickery affect the Filpinos? How does their poor behavior affect them in the end? What message does this send to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

An intimate relationship has developed between the United States and the Philippines over the past one hundred years.

Part 1) Describe this relationship. How did it begin?

Part 2) How has the relationship evolved? How do these changes reflect the changes of opinion by Americans and United States' leadership?

Part 3) How have these changes made the Philippines what it is today?

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