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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 did Truman want to propose to Eisenhower before discovering his political loyalties?
(a) To run as Eisenhower's vice president.
(b) To have Eisenhower run as his vice president.
(c) To replace Nixon as vice president.
(d) To have John F. Kennedy run with Eisenhower.

2. Why did Eisenhower request to return to the U.S. in 1939?
(a) He thought war was coming.
(b) His wife was sick.
(c) He could not handle the heat of the Philippines.
(d) He wanted to be promoted.

3. Where was Eisenhower's son, John, before being recalled to Washington for his father's inauguration?
(a) Japan.
(b) Germany.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Korea.

4. Who was the leader of the Philippine Commonwealth?
(a) Manual Quezon.
(b) Manuel Guzman.
(c) Jose Quezon.
(d) Willian Helkel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eisenhower too lenient with, according to Chapter 5?

2. What was over at the start of Chapter 8?

3. What did Eisenhower think of his new role as president?

4. Whose troop does Chapter 5 say did not advance as far as expected?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Eisenhower do after he retired from the army?

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

4. In Chapter 3, what role did Eisenhower take on and how did this change his life?

5. What did Eisenhower realize about the presidency, in Chapter 9?

6. What angered the military and the Republicans in Chapter 12?

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

8. What happened on June 6, 1944?

9. What happened to the German forces in Chapter 7?

10. What happened during the time that Montgomery spent arguing?

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