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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. In Chapter 9, how many tanks were traveling toward Bastogne?

2. In Chapter 12, what was the top speed of the Sherman tank?

3. In Chapter 8, how many casualties did the Americans have in Noville?

4. How many years did Alexei Kapler spend in a gulag for the crime of loving Joseph Stalin's daughter?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, how would Patton travel to encourage his troops?

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

4. In Chapter 12 what happened to the town of Assenois?

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

6. What were the main points of a speech that Patton delivered on June 5, 1944?

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

8. What was Adolf Hitler's physical condition in Chapter 10?

9. In Chapter 6, who was Col. Oscar Koch, and what did he do for Patton?

10. At the end of Chapter 8, what happened in Bastogne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The subtitle of the book is “The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General." What does it mean to be audacious? In what way was Patton audacious and how did being audacious make him the type of commander that he was?

Essay Topic 2

As Patton prepared to rescue the Americans at Bastogne, he stopped at a Catholic chapel to pray and seek divine intervention. Why did Patton seek divine intervention? Why did Patton view World War II as a religious war? How did that belief affect his decision to ask for divine intervention?

Essay Topic 3

Truman and Patton were complete opposites. Why did Truman dislike Patton? How did the differences between the men foster the dislike that Truman felt for Patton? Were Truman’s feelings based upon a relationship with Patton or bias? How did the differences between the two men influence that way that Truman felt about Patton?

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