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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who made the following statement: "It is pardonable to be defeated, but unpardonable to be surprised."
(a) Drake.
(b) Morre.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Luttrell.

3. In the winter of 1942, which Nation proved the dominant Air force in North Africa?
(a) Germany.
(b) America.
(c) Britain.
(d) France.

4. Who made the following criticism: "The best way to describe our operations to date, is that they have violated every recognized principle of war, are in conflict with all operational and logistic methods laid down in textbooks, and will be condemned, in their entirety, by all Leavenworth and war college classes for the next twenty-five years."
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Churchill.
(d) Pyle.

5. Which two passes did the Germans utilize in operation Fruhlingswind?
(a) Hatab Pass and Maizila Pass.
(b) Maizila Pass and El Fekka Pass.
(c) Faid Pass and Maizila Pass.
(d) Faid Pass and Bir el Hafey Pass.

Short Answer Questions

1. The American route by Arnim was successful to the point of making Rommel's attack Morgenluft negligible. What strategic objective in Tebessa did Rommel have his eye on?

2. According to the author, how had Eisenhower been "outflanked" by the British in the Casablanca conference?

3. What event on November 27 in Toulon represents "one of the greatest acts of self-immolation in military history," according to the author.

4. The radio messages "batter up" and "play ball" meant what to the American fleet?

5. Upon taking Oran what did the Allies immediately set to converting it to?

(see the answer key)

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