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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What French character was referred to as "a bad man with a narrow outlook and shifty eye," by Winston Churchill?
(a) General Mast.
(b) Robert Murphy.
(c) Admiral Darlan.
(d) General Giraurd.

2. By January 24th 1943, heavy French casualties and prisoner-of-war-losses prompted what important change of heart in the French command?
(a) France deferred from the front and filled the need for provisioning the British and American troops.
(b) Soldiers were provisioned from American sources.
(c) Giraud gave control of their troops over to Anderson.
(d) French command was handed over to Churchill.

3. In the start of Chapter 7, which traveler was listed as 'Register Number 1.'
(a) President Roosevelt.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) General Alexander
(d) General Patton.

4. Who was Bonnier de la Chapelle?
(a) An innocent bystandard.
(b) A communist sympathiser from Algiers
(c) A fascist assasin from Spain.
(d) An antifascist French monarchist.

5. What is Ultra?
(a) A clandestine plan to land a group of American conspirators behind enemy lines in North Africa.
(b) The codename for the bazooka.
(c) The intelligence gathered through British decipherment of coded German radio messages.
(d) The name of the U.S. Secret Service in World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rear Admiral Bennett, the RESERVIST plan was:

2. What did Allen determine to do instead of following Colonel Greer's suggestion?

3. Upon being made Mussolini's deputy, what plan did Kesselring devise?

4. Although the Allies were aware of the numbers of Axis troops pouring into Tunis, they misjudged the situation in what way?

5. While Patton was made a national hero in taking Casablanca, which defects were also revealed, according to the author?

(see the answer key)

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