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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 innocent people were rounded up after the assassination attempt on Hitler in July of 1944?

2. How old was Roosevelt when he married Eleanor?

3. What was the date of the holiday that Stalin created to replace Christmas?

4. At the end of Chapter 8, how many Germans came under a white flag asking the Americans to surrender at Bastogne?

5. In Chapter 10, how far was Hitler from the place where Patton prayed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. At the end of Chapter 12, when did the German advance stall and why?

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 5, how is Roosevelt described?

6. Who was William Donovan and what did he do for Roosevelt?

7. In Chapter 6, who was Col. Oscar Koch, and what did he do for Patton?

8. In Chapter 12 what happened to the town of Assenois?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eisenhower was often more concerned about making the popular, rather than the right decision. What were some times when Eisenhower made a popular decision, rather than the right decision? Why did Eisenhower tend to do what was popular rather than what was right?

Essay Topic 2

Patton believed that a hero was a man who fought even if he was scared. How did Patton define a coward? What did Patton think of men who could not go back to the front lines because of fear? Why did he think they were cowards? What did Patton think should be done to cowards and why?

Essay Topic 3

As Patton prepared to rescue the Americans at Bastogne, he stopped at a Catholic chapel to pray and seek divine intervention. Why did Patton seek divine intervention? Why did Patton view World War II as a religious war? How did that belief affect his decision to ask for divine intervention?

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