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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What went wrong with operation VILLAIN?
(a) Bad fuel caused several plane engines to seize in the air and forced crash landings in Spain.
(b) German air raids delayed the departure.
(c) Only thirty-percent of planes made it past Axis defenses.
(d) Bad weather with incorrectly timed and broadcasted beacons.
2. What was operation WATCHTOWER?
(a) A covert mission to convince Vichy France to join the Allied cause.
(b) A pre-emptive strike by the Royal Air Force against North African Axis bases.
(c) The name of the original U.S. plan to attack Germany through France.
(d) The first Allied counter-offensive against Japan at Guadalcanal.
3. According to the author, many American officers were concerned that the British war plan was:
(a) To draw out the war to further London's imperial ambitions.
(b) An attempt to curb French ambitions as well as those of the Germans.
(c) Too bold by far, under-manned by half.
(d) Too consolidated and misdirected in that it attacked only one Axis.
4. What was Leedstown?
(a) An upgraded English tank thought to be more conducive to desert warfare.
(b) The U.S.S. Leedstown was the first victim of the Luftwaffe in the North African campaign.
(c) The Allied name for the supply depot built in Algiers.
(d) The English city from which the bulk of the Royal Airforce departed for Africa.
5. What promise did General Patton make to the President of the United States in the presence of Rear Admiral Hewitt?
(a) "The French will capitulate quickly."
(b) "I will leave the beaches either a conqueror or a corpse."
(c) "We will make the crossing without the loss of a single boat."
(d) "I will ride into battle on horseback."
Short Answer Questions
1. Major Rudolph Barlow's surprise attack on an an Axis airfield discovered outside the city of Djedejida resulted in what?
2. What plan did Colonel Frank Greer suggest that was countermanded by Terry Allen?
3. According to Rear Admiral Bennett, the RESERVIST plan was:
4. How many platoons had Eisenhower commanded in battle prior to the start of World War II?
5. What event did the President of the United States hope the invasion of North Africa would precede?
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