Short-Answer Examinations

The short-answer exam may call on you to identify names or phrases from your reading, in a sentence or a few words.

Identify the following: Clemenceau, Treaty of Versailles, Maginot line.

Georges Clemenceau—This French premier, nicknamed The Tiger, headed a popular coalition cabinet during World War I and at the Paris Peace Conference demanded stronger penalties against Germany.

For more about defining, see Defining in Ch. 22.

Writing a short identification is much like writing a short definition. Mention the general class to which a thing belongs to make clear its nature.

Treaty of Versailles—pact between Germany and the Allies that . . .

Maginot line—fortifications that . . .