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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. In Chapter 13, when did the practice of a presidential invocation begin at inaugurations?

2. In Chapter 22, where was Patton stationed?

3. In Chapter 21, on what day was Hitler marking his 56th birthday?

4. How old was Anne Frank when she died?

5. From what state was Harry S. Truman from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Donovan take the news that Roosevelt died?

2. How did Hitler pass his time in the bunker at the end of Chapter 17?

3. What were Hitler's thoughts at the end of Chapter 14?

4. What happened to Hitler and Braun's bodies?

5. How did Patton manage to cross the Rhine, and by how much time did he beat Montgomery?

6. How were Patton and Truman opposites?

7. At the end of Chapter 23, what did Patton know about a top-secret policy instituted by General George Marshall?

8. In Chapter 17, what was Hitler's bunker like?

9. Why were Patton and American soldiers frustrated when Montgomery took credit for the Allied victory at the Battle of the Bulge?

10. What experiments were performed by Dr. Josef Mengele?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Germans managed a surprise attack from the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. How did the Germans manage to surprise the Americans with the attack? What did the attack reveal about overconfidence and assumptions made by the American command?

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

The subtitle of the book is “The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General." What does it mean to be audacious? In what way was Patton audacious and how did being audacious make him the type of commander that he was?

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