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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. At the end of Chapter 8, how many Germans came under a white flag asking the Americans to surrender at Bastogne?

2. In Chapter 6, which group ignored the warning that the Germans might be planning an attack to the north in the Ardennes Forest?

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

4. In the Prologue, how long had Patton and Beatrice been married?

5. On December 9, 1944, what operation was Patton planning on launching?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the Malmedy Massacre?

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

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

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

8. How did Stalin's second wife die?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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