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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was it that finally broke the Kasbah's defenses?
(a) Fifty troops led by Truscott stormed the gates.
(b) Eight Navy dive bombers.
(c) Accurate fire from the beached destroyer, Dallas.
(d) Well placed Howitzers.

2. What was Robert Murphy's mission in Algiers?
(a) To sabotage the Axis airfield.
(b) To launch an insurrection of the Vichy French.
(c) To spike the guns in the shore batteries.
(d) To escort Allied agents into the city to plant bombs.

3. According to the author, General Patton had condensed his extensive study of history and military art down to one manifesto. What was it?
(a) "Violent attacks everywhere with everything."
(b) "Divide and conquer."
(c) "Survival in battle is for the lucky; it's a soldier's duty to die."
(d) "Establish a unified front and push until their back is against the wall."

4. On January 1, 1942, twenty-six countries signed an agreement to forswear any separate peace without mutual concurrence and to make a common cause of "life, liberty independence, and religious freedom, and to preserve the rights of man and justice." This group of nations called themselves:
(a) The Allies.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) NAFTA.
(d) The International Democratic Union.

5. The Allied success in Djedeida in November 1942 lead to what effect?
(a) Axis abandonment of Medjez-el-Bab and a general contraction of the Axis front line.
(b) The splitting of German forces into a north and south contingent.
(c) The addition of a sorely needed Allied port in Djedeida.
(d) The destruction of more than half the German tanks corp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many platoons had Eisenhower commanded in battle prior to the start of World War II?

2. The Tine River Valley, where Luftwaffe pilots were attacking about once per hour, was nicknamed what by the troops of the 1st Battalion?

3. What became the unofficial motto of Allied forces in Tunisia?

4. According to the author, North Africa is where the Axis forever lost:

5. What political arrangement with the French particularly caused a public outcry in both the U.S. and Britain?

(see the answer key)

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