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1 In 1942, Japanese Pacific strategy included all of the following EXCEPT an attempt to take Midway to use it as a base to bomb Pearl Harbor & cause the USN to pull back to California seize the Dutch East Indies as a needed source of oil push the Allies back to Australia advance to Antarctica establish a defense in depth across the Pacific 2 Doolittle's raid did all of the following EXCEPT embarrassed the IJN leadership caused Yamamoto to move up the date of his Midway attack caused the death of the Emperor raised US morale showed the possibilities of carrier-based raids 3 The Battle of the Coral Sea did all the following EXCEPT sunk the carrier "Lexington" sunk a IJN carrier stopped the IJN threat to Port Moresby raised US morale ended with a battleship gun battle 4 The Battle of Midway included all of the following EXCEPT The IJN wanted to capture Midway to use as a bomber base to make Pearl Harbor untenable & cause the USN to withdraw back to California. The IJN used four carriers as their main strike force against Midway. The USN ambushed the IJN after intercepting & decoding IJN radio messages. The IJN launched a diversionary raid on Alaska. The IJN sunk four US carriers. 5 The results of the Battle of Midway included all of the following EXCEPT The IJN lost four aircraft pilots. The IJN lost hundreds of carrier-trained pilots who could not be replaced immediately. The battle saved Alaska from invasion. The USN lost the "Yorktown." It was the turning point of the war in the Pacific. 6 The originator of the Tulagi-Guadalcanal operation was GEN Douglas MacArthur ADM Chester Nimitz ADM Ernest King GEN Dwight Eisenhower President Franklin Roosevelt 7 The USMC commander on Guadalcanal was GEN Dwight Eisenhower LTG Chesty Puller MG Alexander Vandegrift GEN David Shoup MG Bob Lain 8 Guadalcanal was important strategically because It was a IJN naval base. It had a very large Japanese garrison. The Japanese were building an airfield there to threaten the US shipping lanes to Australia. FDR had a vacation house there. None of these is correct. 9 Islanders who worked for Allied intelligence in the South Pacific were called mountain observers coast watchers German spies busybodies None of these is correct. 10 At Tulagi, all of the following occurred EXCEPT The Japanese left the beaches undefended & fell back into the jungle. The Japanese launched their first banzai charge against the Americans in the war. The US Marines were under sniper fire in the jungle. The Japanese troops surrendered in large numbers. The US Marines took the island. 11 At the initial landing at Guadalcanal, the Japanese troops defended the beach to the death fell back into the jungle counterattacked with tanks surrendered immediately All of the answers are correct. 12 Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was captured & held by the US on the second day of the invasion the center of a large group of Japanese shops & their radio network initially captured by the USMC but then lost to a Japanese counterattack Only "A" & "B" are correct. Only "B" & "C" are correct. 13 VADM Frank Fletcher's departure from Guadalcanal left the US Marines without aircover showed extreme cowardice allowed IJN submarines to attack the Marines was ordered directly from the White House None of the answers is correct. 14 The Battle of Savo Island saw the IJN sink four Allied cruisers the IJN sink four Allied battleships the IJN sink four Allied carriers the IJN lose four carriers the IJN lose four cruisers 15 After the Battle of Savo Island, Vandegrift's strategy was to withdraw the US Marines to a perimeter around Henderson Field evacuate his US Marines by air evacuate his US Marines by sea surrender to the Japanese order the US Marines to make a banzai charge on the Japanese positions 16 The Goettge Patrol incident meant The US adhered strictly to the Geneva Convention for POWs. Some US troops would no longer take Japanese prisoners unless specifically ordered to do so. Some US air cover would be improved. More USN gunfire support was provided. Nothing. 17 COL Ichiki's attack on Guadalcanal showed great planning stupidity & bravery the effective usefulness of banzai charges how to take a US position None of the answers is correct. 18 The Japanese response to the US invasion of Guadalcanal included all of the following EXCEPT a slowness to respond a proclivity to commit their forces piecemeal great belief in false reports making attempts to reinforce their forces on the island immediate & total abandonment of a threatened position 19 The Japanese used all of the following to attack Henderson Field EXCEPT naval gunfire air attacks psychological warfare massive infantry attacks poison gas 20 The IJN reinforcement of Guadalcanal was known as the Berlin Airlift Tokyo Express 20th Century Limited Black Diamond Pistol Pete's Show 21 The Battle of Cape Esperance had all of the following occur EXCEPT RADM Norman Scott crossed the "T". RADM Goto died. The USN stopped the IJN shelling of Henderson Field. The IJN sunk four Allied carriers. It demonstrated the marked reemergence of the USN at Guadalcanal. 22 The Japanese strategy for New Guinea in the Southwest Pacific included all of the following EXCEPT a seaborne invasion on the northern coast an overland march to Port Moresby trying to push the Australians aside sinking the Royal Navy in the Solomon Sea use as a stepping stone to Australia 23 The Japanese on New Guinea fell back due to problems at Guadalcanal were attacked by Australian troops were attacked by US troops were beaten at Buna All of the answers are correct. 24 The US Navy's new commander around Guadalcanal was VADM Royce Ingersoll ADM Ernest King VADM William Halsey ADM George Dewey None of these answers is correct. 25 LTG Maruyama's three banzai charges on Guadalcanal ended in massive Japanese casualties the fall of Henderson Field surrender of the US Marines a strong air attack immediate surrender of all Japanese on Guadalcanal 26 The Battle of Santa Cruz ended with the US carrier "Hornet" sinking several IJN ships lost 100 IJN planes lost a stand-off All of the answers are correct. 27 The Second Battle of Savo Island ended with the loss of 2 USN RADMs the loss of 6 US ships the loss of a IJN battleship saving Henderson Field from a sea attack All of the answers are correct. 28 In December 1942 on Guadalcanal The US Army took over from the US Marines. The IJN evacuated 13,000 Japanese troops from the island. The US captured the whole island. The Japanese decided to evacuate the whole island. All of the answers are correct.

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