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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 planes did the Germans lose when they launched Operation Baseplate on January 1, 1945?

2. In Chapter 7, what celebrities were near the fighting when the Germans launched their attack in the Ardennes?

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

4. In Chapter 12, how many Sherman tanks had Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams had shot out from under him?

5. In Chapter 9, how far was Patton and the Third Army from Bastogne?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. At the end of Chapter 2, what was Operation Greif?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 believed that a hero was a man who fought even if he was scared. How did Patton define a coward? What did Patton think of men who could not go back to the front lines because of fear? Why did he think they were cowards? What did Patton think should be done to cowards and why?

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