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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. In Chapter 18, when Patton, Bradley, and Eisenhower toured the concentration camp Ohrdruf, how many bodies had been thrown into shallow graves?

2. In Chapter 17, how close was the Russian army to Berlin?

3. In Chapter 21, on what day was Hitler marking his 56th birthday?

4. How long did Roosevelt have an affair with Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd?

5. How did Hitler kill himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Stalin learn about Roosevelt's death, and how did he react?

2. How did Donovan take the news that Roosevelt died?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 20, what happened when Patton's single-engine L-5 Sentinel was flying to Patton's headquarters?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 13, how and why was Harry S. Truman chosen to be Roosevelt's vice president?

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

10. How did Braun and Hitler die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The subtitle of the book is “The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General." What does it mean to be audacious? In what way was Patton audacious and how did being audacious make him the type of commander that he was?

Essay Topic 2

The Germans managed a surprise attack from the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. How did the Germans manage to surprise the Americans with the attack? What did the attack reveal about overconfidence and assumptions made by the American command?

Essay Topic 3

When Roosevelt died, there were different reactions to the news. What were the various reactions to the news of his death? What do those reactions reveal about the people who were affected by his death?

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