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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. When did Roosevelt first become president?

2. How did Field Marshal Rommel die?

3. In Chapter 3, when had General George Marshall dictated would be the last day of the war?

4. In Chapter 12 how many Germans did Pvt. James R. Hendrix get to surrender?

5. In Chapter 9, when did Patton promise McAuliffe that he would be in Bastogne?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Malmedy Massacre?

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

4. In Chapter 12, what did Patton do on Christmas Day?

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

6. What was Stalin's plan at the end of Chapter 11?

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

8. In Chapter 5, why did the authors say that Roosevelt was not a man of the people?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 3, why was Eisenhower troubled?

10. In Chapter 4, why did Churchill meet with Stalin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Roosevelt died, there were different reactions to the news. What were the various reactions to the news of his death? What do those reactions reveal about the people who were affected by his death?

Essay Topic 2

Roosevelt was a very different man in public than he was in private. In what ways were Roosevelt’s private and public personas very different? Why did he so clearly separate his public and private life? Why could he not reveal his handicap and his affair?

Essay Topic 3

Many American were murdered during the Malmedy Massacre. How were soldiers supposed to be treated who surrendered? Did the men at Malmedy surrender? According to the rules of war how should the prisoners have been treated? Why did the Germans not follow the typical rules of war?

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