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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Roosevelt when he contracted polio?

2. In Chapter 6, how many Wehrmacht soldiers were located where the U.S. lines were the thinnest?

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

4. In Chapter 8, what river did Eisenhower say that the Germans must not be allowed to cross?

5. How many years did Peiper serve in prison for war crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Stalin's second wife die?

2. What was the Malmedy Massacre?

3. In the Prologue, how was Patton injured?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what did the authors believe that the Germans were thinking before their attack?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how is Roosevelt described?

6. In Chapter 9, why did Patton go to a Catholic chapel on December 23, 1944?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 3, why was Eisenhower troubled?

8. What happened to Field Marshall Rommel in Chapter 2?

9. Who was William Donovan and what did he do for Roosevelt?

10. In The Prologue how is Beatrice, Patton's wife described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The authors believed that Patton’s death might not have been accidental. What information was presented that could indicate that Patton’s death was not accidental?

Essay Topic 2

Eisenhower’s ability to compromise was his greatest strength and his greatest weakness. In what way was Eisenhower’s ability compromise both a strength and a weakness? What examples are there that show how his compromises came from strength and from weakness?

Essay Topic 3

Patton was not given the resources he needed to fight the battle at Fort Driant. What did the battle reveal about politics and war? How did politics affect the outcome in the first battle?

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