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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 did Hitler kill himself?

2. At the end of Chapter 17, who would read to Hitler?

3. In Chapter 18, how much was found in gold bars, currency, and priceless works of art in the Merkers mine?

4. How long was the Siegfried line?

5. In Chapter 18, where was Donovan when he learned that Roosevelt had died?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what trait did Truman have that Roosevelt lacked?

2. What did Patton do when a Russian officer demanded in Chapter 22 that boats be returned to the Russians?

3. At the end of Chapter 23, what did Patton know about a top-secret policy instituted by General George Marshall?

4. In Chapter 13, in Roosevelt's inaugural speech, what lesson did he say had been learned and at what cost?

5. How did Braun and Hitler die?

6. Why did many Auschwitz survivors find no shelter in their hometowns when they returned?

7. What experiments were performed by Dr. Josef Mengele?

8. Why were Patton and American soldiers frustrated when Montgomery took credit for the Allied victory at the Battle of the Bulge?

9. What happened to Hitler and Braun's bodies?

10. In Chapter 18, what did Patton's army find and what was done with the things that they found?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Patton was not given the resources he needed to fight the battle at Fort Driant. What did the battle reveal about politics and war? How did politics affect the outcome in the first battle?

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