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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what were the only two ways that Eisenhower could manage the stress of command?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Nicotine and caffeine.
(c) Golf.
(d) Horseback riding.

2. At the end of Chapter 8, how many Germans came under a white flag asking the Americans to surrender at Bastogne?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. In Chapter 6, who was the first American to accurately predict the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) General Patton.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Col. Oscar Koch.
(d) Eisenhower.

4. At the end of Chapter 7, how many American soldiers are murdered by Hitler's elite bodyguards?
(a) 350.
(b) 180.
(c) 275.
(d) 315.

5. In Chapter 8, what river did Eisenhower say that the Germans must not be allowed to cross?
(a) Dintel.
(b) Lesse.
(c) Meuse.
(d) Voer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Central Intelligence Agency born?

2. In Chapter 4, how many people were ordered to be killed by Stalin?

3. When did Patton graduate from West Point?

4. In Chapter 7, what U.S. Infantry Division were trying to stop the elite 12th SS Panzer Division from capturing Elsenborn Ridge?

5. In Chapter 6, how many enemy infantry divisions had Col. Koch discovered have been moved to an area near the Ardennes Forest?

(see the answer key)

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