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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 3, when had General George Marshall dictated would be the last day of the war?

2. In the Prologue, why was Patton in the hospital?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Malmedy Massacre?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 12, what did Patton do on Christmas Day?

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

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

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

Many American were murdered during the Malmedy Massacre. How were soldiers supposed to be treated who surrendered? Did the men at Malmedy surrender? According to the rules of war how should the prisoners have been treated? Why did the Germans not follow the typical rules of war?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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