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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 23, when did Patton and Truman fight in the same battle?

2. When did Caesar conquer Trier?

3. In Chapter 20, where was Patton's son-in-law Col. John Waters captured two years ago?

4. How long was the Siegfried line?

5. In Chapter 17 of the 1,562,000 homes and apartments in Berlin, how many had been completely destroyed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Helena Citronova survive Auschwitz?

3. In Chapter 13, in Roosevelt's inaugural speech, what lesson did he say had been learned and at what cost?

4. What speech of Churchill's was given after the crossing of the Rhine?

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

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

7. How were Patton and Truman opposites?

8. In Chapter 23, what trait did Truman have that Roosevelt lacked?

9. How did Braun and Hitler die?

10. In Chapter 13, how and why was Harry S. Truman chosen to be Roosevelt's vice president?

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

By the end of the war, Hitler’s health was very precarious. How did Hitler’s health parallel the demise of the German forces? Were the two interconnected?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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