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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 tall was Winston Churchill?

2. In Chapter 20, where was Patton's son-in-law Col. John Waters captured two years ago?

3. In 1945, what German city was considered the least Nazi of all cities in Germany?

4. In Chapter 14, what percent of those who survived the journey from their homes to Auschwitz were sent straight to the gas chambers?

5. How did Hitler kill himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Truman and Patton were complete opposites. Why did Truman dislike Patton? How did the differences between the men foster the dislike that Truman felt for Patton? Were Truman’s feelings based upon a relationship with Patton or bias? How did the differences between the two men influence that way that Truman felt about Patton?

Essay Topic 3

Patton was often motivated to do better in a campaign because he wanted to do better than a fellow officer. In what ways was competition a motivator for Patton?

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