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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who represented Eisenhower's main challenge at the start of his presidency?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) MacArthur.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

2. Who did Eisenhower meet several months before being reassigned to Georgia?
(a) His future wife.
(b) Nimitz.
(c) F.D. Roosevelt.
(d) His future second in command during WWII.

3. What was the only way to be successful in battle, according to Eisenhower?
(a) By having sufficient aircraft carriers.
(b) By having air superiority.
(c) By being fit and having the best weapons.
(d) By having the soldiers understand why they were fighting.

4. What was Eisenhower called by those who wanted him to run for President?
(a) Second best.
(b) The best choice.
(c) The only man.
(d) The best man.

5. What was damaged when Eisenhower made the deal over the control of North Africa?
(a) The 5th armored division.
(b) His relationship with the British.
(c) His relationship with MacArthur.
(d) The battleship St. Louis.

6. What school did Eisenhower join in 1925?
(a) The War Preparation School of the Army.
(b) The War College.
(c) Command and General Staff School.
(d) West Point.

7. What was Eisenhower's running mate accused of?
(a) Being a Communist spy.
(b) Having an affair.
(c) Taking campaign contributions.
(d) Being a war profiteer.

8. Where did the Allies land in France?
(a) Pas de Calais.
(b) Bordeaux.
(c) Normandy.
(d) Vaucluse.

9. Where was Eisenhower stationed at the end of 1921?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) The Panama Canal.
(c) France.
(d) Washington D.C.

10. What did Eisenhower do for the first time, at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Went to France.
(b) Visited London.
(c) Led troops into battle.
(d) Met F.D. Roosevelt.

11. Who was Eisenhower introduced to at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) General MacArthur.
(b) F.D. Roosevelt.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Fox Conner.

12. Who did Chapter 5 say wanted to claim victory in France as his own alone?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) De Gaulle.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Patton.

13. What was everyone looking for Eisenhower to do in 1948?
(a) Make peace with Stalin.
(b) Run for President.
(c) Win the Korean War.
(d) Retire.

14. What job did Eisenhower accept after retiring from the Army?
(a) Teacher at West Point.
(b) President of Columbia College.
(c) Consultant for Boeing corporation.
(d) Lobbist at Washington.

15. How did Eisenhower finish the school?
(a) Last in his class.
(b) He dropped out because of the war.
(c) First in his class.
(d) Second in his class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eisenhower try to do with the press during his first term?

2. Who did Eisenhower pick to be his running mate for the 1952 election, in Chapter 10?

3. How did Eisenhower compare the bureaucracy at his new job to that of the military bureaucracy during the war?

4. Who did Eisenhower make a deal with over North Africa?

5. What did Eisenhower insist was important to maintain, at the end of Chapter 9?

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