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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was more important than being right, according to Eisenhower in Chapter 5?
(a) The good relationship with Montgomery.
(b) Liberation of France.
(c) Getting to Berlin before the Russians.
(d) His friendship with Patton.

2. What was Eisenhower too lenient with, according to Chapter 5?
(a) Patton's arrogance.
(b) British lower grade equipment.
(c) British resistance to following his orders.
(d) Problems with the supply lines.

3. What was Eisenhower trying to do during the first year of his first term?
(a) Allocate more money to the military.
(b) Balance the budget.
(c) Stop the Korean war.
(d) Put his friends in key positions.

4. Who worked to have Eisenhower's son, John, come back for his father's inauguration?
(a) The Chief of Staff of President Truman.
(b) Eisenhower himself.
(c) Nixon.
(d) President Truman.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Eisenhower's decision to allow the Bolsheviks to capture the city judged?

3. What was Eisenhower trying to have both sides of the crisis he faced during his first term think?

4. What did Montgomery and Brooks try to do to Eisenhower concerning the battle plan?

5. What did Eisenhower decide would need to happen for him to run for President?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Eisenhower's relationship with Mary (Mamie) after the war?

2. What did Eisenhower do to prepare for war, and why was this significant?

3. What happened at Fort Sam Houston, Texas?

4. In Chapter 12, what struggle started between Eisenhower and Joe McCarthy?

5. What is the purpose of the book, according to Chapter 1?

6. How does Chapter 3 describe Eisenhower's treatment of American troops?

7. What affected the Allied forces in Chapter 7, and how did this impact Eisenhower?

8. Who did Eisenhower meet in Chapter 2, and what role did he play in Eisenhower's life?

9. What did Eisenhower recognize about the British in Chapter 5?

10. Who were Mongtomery and Brooks, and why were they significant?

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