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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 many years did Alexei Kapler spend in a gulag for the crime of loving Joseph Stalin's daughter?

2. In Chapter 9, how many hours did Patton spend daily in an open car?

3. In Chapter 2, during the last three years, how much time had Hitler spent at the Wolf Lair?

4. What was Stalin's first language?

5. In Chapter 12 in Bastogne what type of building had been turned into a make-shift field hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 8, what happened in Bastogne?

2. What were the main points of a speech that Patton delivered on June 5, 1944?

3. In Chapter 9, how would Patton travel to encourage his troops?

4. In Chapter 9, why did Patton go to a Catholic chapel on December 23, 1944?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what did the authors believe that the Germans were thinking before their attack?

6. In The Prologue how is Beatrice, Patton's wife described?

7. In Chapter 8 when Patton was asked what he could contribute to stop the Germans in the north, what did he have prepared?

8. In the Prologue, how was Patton injured?

9. At the end of Chapter 10 what victories did the Germans have?

10. In Chapter 6, what plans did Patton make in case the Germans were planning an offensive in the Ardennes Forest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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