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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. At the end of the efforts to take Fort Driant, how many casualties are there?

2. In Chapter 10, what did Hitler usually eat for lunch?

3. In Chapter 6, which group ignored the warning that the Germans might be planning an attack to the north in the Ardennes Forest?

4. At the end of Chapter 7, how many American soldiers are murdered by Hitler's elite bodyguards?

5. What is the name of the Operation Hitler ordered at the end of Chapter 2 where Germans would pretend to be U.S. soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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