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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. Why was the Sixth Army surrounded at Stalingrad?

2. Which ranking official had a bad relationship with Hitler?

3. What made the Ishun Isthmus hard to navigate?

4. Who gave the order for Manstein to focus on fighting the Crimean region only?

5. What dictum did Hitler violate in Group Don?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Manstein get Hitler to stop interfering with his plans for success in the Rostov Region?

2. What made Manstein re-double his efforts to take Sevastopol after Fort Stallin fell?

3. What made it impossible for Manstein to properly attack Leningrad?

4. What conditions made fighting in Crimea difficult?

5. What was the town ok Kursk in Manstein's eyes?

6. What did Manstein warn Zeitzler about?

7. What lie did Goring tell Hitler about the Stalingrad troops?

8. What strange situation did Hitler cause by not trusting his Chiefs of Staff?

9. How did Manstein get his troops to outflank the enemy at Sevastapol?

10. What did General Hoth accomplish at Rostov?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anger and the consequences of it was a huge theme presented in this book. Using the text, cite 3- 4 examples of how pepople acting out of anger altered the course of the war.

Essay Topic 2

What were Manstein's final words in the book and what did they imply? How did these words sum up the entire theme of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Jealousy was a pretty strong theme throughout the book. Where were some places that this theme appeared, and how did the people touched by it react?

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