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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. Beginning with Eisenhower, for how long had every successive president served in World War II?

2. In Chapter 20, where was Patton's son-in-law Col. John Waters captured two years ago?

3. In Chapter 21, on what day was Hitler marking his 56th birthday?

4. How old was Truman when he married his wife, Bess?

5. In Chapter 17, how far below ground was Hitler's bunker?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 20, what happened when Patton's single-engine L-5 Sentinel was flying to Patton's headquarters?

2. Where was Patton stationed in Chapter 22, and what was the place like?

3. How was Hitler's 56th birthday celebrated in Chapter 21?

4. What did Patton do when a Russian officer demanded in Chapter 22 that boats be returned to the Russians?

5. Why were Patton and American soldiers frustrated when Montgomery took credit for the Allied victory at the Battle of the Bulge?

6. At the end of Chapter 23, what did Patton know about a top-secret policy instituted by General George Marshall?

7. How did Stalin learn about Roosevelt's death, and how did he react?

8. How did Braun and Hitler die?

9. How were Patton and Truman opposites?

10. What were Hitler's thoughts at the end of Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Patton believed that a hero was a man who fought even if he was scared. How did Patton define a coward? What did Patton think of men who could not go back to the front lines because of fear? Why did he think they were cowards? What did Patton think should be done to cowards and why?

Essay Topic 2

Eisenhower’s ability to compromise was his greatest strength and his greatest weakness. In what way was Eisenhower’s ability compromise both a strength and a weakness? What examples are there that show how his compromises came from strength and from weakness?

Essay Topic 3

Roosevelt was a very different man in public than he was in private. In what ways were Roosevelt’s private and public personas very different? Why did he so clearly separate his public and private life? Why could he not reveal his handicap and his affair?

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