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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 13, when did the practice of a presidential invocation begin at inaugurations?

2. What was the combat range of the Spitfire?

3. How long did the Germans and Russians battle in the city of Stalingrad?

4. In Chapter 21, how many Russians surrounded Berlin?

5. In Chapter 23, how long had the British and Americans been cooperating on an atomic weapon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was Hitler's 56th birthday celebrated in Chapter 21?

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

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

6. How did Braun and Hitler die?

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

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

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

10. How did Helena Citronova survive Auschwitz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

The Germans were very inhumane to the Jews and others. What groups of people suffered at the hands of the Germans? How was the treatment they received inhumane? How did the way that the Germans viewed the Jews and others as less than human contribute to the way they treated the Jews and other people groups?

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