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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. December 24, 1944, how many days did Hitler have to live?

2. When did Omar Bradley graduate from West Point?

3. In Chapter 7, what was the date when Operation Watch began?

4. What was the date at the beginning of the Prologue?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At the end of Chapter 12, when did the German advance stall and why?

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

7. In the Prologue, how was Patton injured?

8. How did Stalin's second wife die?

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

10. In Chapter 6, what plans did Patton make in case the Germans were planning an offensive in the Ardennes Forest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Patton was respected, but he was also hated. What did his nickname “Old Blood and Guts” (1) reveal about how people viewed Patton? Why was he respected and hated?

Essay Topic 2

Patton was one of the few who believed that the Russians were not friends to the United States. Why was it Patton’s opinion that the Russian were not to be trusted? What influenced Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and others to make treaties with the Russians and ignore the signs that the Russians were not to be trusted?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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