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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Eisenhower trying to do during the first year of his first term?
(a) Stop the Korean war.
(b) Balance the budget.
(c) Put his friends in key positions.
(d) Allocate more money to the military.

2. What happened after Eisenhower assumed total command over the land base operations?
(a) The Allies were put back at sea.
(b) The battle was lost.
(c) The battle turned in favor of the Allies.
(d) Germany surrendered.

3. What did Eisenhower try to do with the press during his first term?
(a) Have them ignore McCarthy.
(b) Have them shut down.
(c) Have them unsure of where he stands.
(d) Have Mamie off limits.

4. What cost the allies dearly, according to the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Patton's insubordination.
(b) Eisenhower's tolerance of Montgomery's insubordination.
(c) The German counter offensive in the Ardennes.
(d) Eisenhower's incompetance.

5. When was Eisenhower supposed to leave for France in 1918?
(a) November 18.
(b) May 12.
(c) January 26.
(d) October 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Eisenhower finish the school?

2. What action would have allowed Eisenhower to win the battle mentioned in Chapter 4?

3. Who did Eisenhower pick to be his running mate for the 1952 election, in Chapter 10?

4. What did Eisenhower do for the first time, at the start of Chapter 4?

5. What was Eisenhower sure of after the surrender of the German army in 1918?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Eisenhower assemble, according to Chapter 11?

2. What angered the military and the Republicans in Chapter 12?

3. What was Eisenhower not accustomed to, at the start of Chapter 9?

4. What did Eisenhower finally tell Montgomery in Chapter 6, and how did Montgomery react?

5. What happened at Fort Sam Houston, Texas?

6. What did Eisenhower ask of Nixon in Chapter 10?

7. How does Chapter 3 describe Eisenhower's treatment of American troops?

8. In Chapter 3, what role did Eisenhower take on and how did this change his life?

9. What did Eisenhower spend a lot of time doing?

10. What did Eisenhower do to prepare for war, and why was this significant?

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