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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Eisenhower's main academic interest while in college?
(a) Science.
(b) History.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) English.

2. What did Eisenhower do for Kay, according to Chapter 8?
(a) He got her U.S. citizenship.
(b) Married her.
(c) He helped find her a job.
(d) He had her accepted in the Women's Army Corp.

3. What was Eisenhower's first assignment after entering the Army?
(a) Army central command in Washington.
(b) Fort Sam Houston.
(c) Fort Lauderdale.
(d) The Philippines.

4. What did Eisenhower think of a nuclear exchange with the USSR?
(a) No one could win.
(b) There was a 54% chance of a first strike destroying the USSR's capacity to retaliate.
(c) The U.S. could prevail with acceptable losses.
(d) NATO could prevent Soviet retaliation.

5. What did Truman think of Eisenhower's political loyalties before the election?
(a) He was unaffiliated.
(b) He was a Republican.
(c) He was a libertarian.
(d) He was a Democrat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the invasion of France finally occur?

2. What was Eisenhower trying to do during the first year of his first term?

3. What did Eisenhower do between the time he retired from the army and the time he accepted his next job?

4. What was damaged when Eisenhower made the deal over the control of North Africa?

5. What did Eisenhower say he realized in 1948 concerning the Bolsheviks?

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