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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 14, when were prisoners marched away from Birkenau?

2. How long was the Siegfried line?

3. When did Caesar conquer Trier?

4. In Chapter 17 of the 1,562,000 homes and apartments in Berlin, how many had been completely destroyed?

5. Where was the Potsdam Conference held in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did many Auschwitz survivors find no shelter in their hometowns when they returned?

5. What near-deaths did Patton experience in Chapter 22?

6. How did Helena Citronova survive Auschwitz?

7. How were Patton and Truman opposites?

8. How did Braun and Hitler die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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