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The turning point in the War in the Pacific came at [BLANK-1] in June of 1942. American forces destroyed four Japanese Aircraft Carriers at a loss of only one American carrier. The conflict left Japan on the defensive for the rest of the war.

Heinrich Himmler and Adolf Hitler orchestrated the Holocaust as the Final Solution to the Jewish Question during World War II. The result was the systematic extermination of between 11-12 million “undesirables.” About half the victims were Jews, however other victims included Soviet POWs, Roma, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the mentally and physically disabled, homosexuals, and other groups. While more than half of these victims were killed in tens of thousands of smaller-scale encounters on the Eastern Front, millions more were killed in industrialized death camps. The most notorious of these Nazi death camps was [BLANK-1] in German-occupied Poland. More than one million (mostly Jewish) victims of the Holocaust were murdered at this camp.

Women’s fashion in the United States and Europe became far less conservative in the late 1960s and 1970s than in previous eras. Sleeveless dresses, high hemlines, miniskirts, and unrestricted materials were common and skinny body types were associated with the standard of beauty in the era. Ultra-thin women like the Dutch-British actress Audrey Hepburn or the British fashion model, [BLANK-1], became well-known fashion- and beauty-icons of the era.

The Paris Student Riots, led by [BLANK-1], was one of the only successful revolutions of 1968. The Parisian students succeeded where others in the United States, Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and other areas did not because they were able to successfully merge their movement with the needs of blue-collar workers. The students were dissatisfied with the current materialistic, consumer society, and they sought changes to their curriculum and better economic prospects after they graduated. This student leader urged his forces to ally with workers and take to the streets in protest. The students were able to sustain their movement and their revolution resulted in the ouster of the elderly conservative French president, Charles de Gaulle.

German admiral Karl Dönitz invented the Wolfpack Doctrine used in [BLANK-1].

What is a poetic frame narrative?

 Part 1 (30%): Instructions: using the word bank provided in Part 1 of this exam, answer each of the fill-in-the-blank questions with the term that fits best. Once an option from the word bank has been used, it will not appear again. Several terms from the word bank will not be used.

During which season do the pilgrims begin their journey in “The Canterbury Tales”?

In Anglo Saxon society, a  __________________ was known as  a bard or a storyteller. 

What is the function of a mead hall in Anglo-Saxon society?