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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 22, who commanded the Pacific Theater?

2. What was Eva Braun wearing when she committed suicide at the end of Chapter 21?

3. After Patton crossed the Rhine in Chapter 16, how many Luftwaffe planes did his army shoot down?

4. In Chapter 23, when did Patton and Truman fight in the same battle?

5. In Chapter 21, what was drunk by Braun and several secretaries to celebrate Hitler's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where was Patton stationed in Chapter 22, and what was the place like?

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

5. How did Braun and Hitler die?

6. How did Patton manage to cross the Rhine, and by how much time did he beat Montgomery?

7. How did Helena Citronova survive Auschwitz?

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

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

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

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

Many American were murdered during the Malmedy Massacre. How were soldiers supposed to be treated who surrendered? Did the men at Malmedy surrender? According to the rules of war how should the prisoners have been treated? Why did the Germans not follow the typical rules of war?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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