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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 many years did Peiper serve in prison for war crimes?

2. What was Stalin's first language?

3. In Chapter 9, how many hours did Patton spend daily in an open car?

4. In October of 1944, where were Eisenhower's headquarters?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, why did Churchill meet with Stalin?

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

4. In Chapter 5, why did the authors say that Roosevelt was not a man of the people?

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

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

7. At the end of Chapter 10 what victories did the Germans have?

8. At the end of Chapter 3, what was Hitler doing to strike back at the Allies?

9. How did Stalin's second wife die?

10. In Chapter 8 when Patton was asked what he could contribute to stop the Germans in the north, what did he have prepared?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Eisenhower was often more concerned about making the popular, rather than the right decision. What were some times when Eisenhower made a popular decision, rather than the right decision? Why did Eisenhower tend to do what was popular rather than what was right?

Essay Topic 3

Roosevelt was a very different man in public than he was in private. In what ways were Roosevelt’s private and public personas very different? Why did he so clearly separate his public and private life? Why could he not reveal his handicap and his affair?

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