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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. When did Winston Churchill first criticize Nazi Germany?

2. In Chapter 21, who remained with Hitler?

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

4. Where did Helena Citronova settle after the war?

5. In Chapter 17, where were some wealthy Berliners secretly making plans to flee?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what was Hitler's bunker like?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What speech of Churchill's was given after the crossing of the Rhine?

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

9. What were Hitler's thoughts at the end of Chapter 14?

10. How did Hitler pass his time in the bunker at the end of Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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?

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