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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was General Nehring replaced by?
(a) Field Marshal erwin Rommel.
(b) General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim.
(c) Field Marshal Albert Kesselring.
(d) Captain Wilhelm Knoche.

2. In what state did General Harold Alexander find the Allied command?
(a) Disorganized without a policy or a plan.
(b) Organized and poised for the offensive.
(c) Despondent and lacking resolve.
(d) In full retreat.

3. Patton's II Corps had reached 88,473 men, the author notes that this is exactly the same size as what other American force?
(a) Sherman's army in Carolina at the end of the Civil War.
(b) The combined forces of the troops who fought at Gettysburg.
(c) General George Washington's force at Valley Forge.
(d) General Lee's force in the Mexican-American War.

4. What mistake did Anderson initially repeat at Fondouk gap?
(a) He did not attack in force.
(b) He split his forces creating a weak line.
(c) Overestimated the size of the enemy forces.
(d) He attempted a hill with tanks that was too steep.

5. Which state was disproportionately hit with casualties in the War in North Africa?
(a) Iowa.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what subtle changes had started to become evident in American troops towards the end of 1942?

2. What example does the author give of McQuillin's suggested use of outdated military technology?

3. How long was the battle of Gafsa?

4. What strategic assessment did Arnim and Rommel agree on?

5. 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."

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the goal of operation SATIN?

2. Why did Terry Allen order Bill Darby's rangers on a secret mission to attack the defile held by enemy artillery recently routed from Gafsa?

3. Rather than focusing on Faid Pass, to what area did Fredendall unsoundly direct the Allied efforts?

4. In Chapter Six, the assassination of Admiral Darlan is explained. Describe the Assassin's political cause.

5. As the Allied forces fell into a "stuck-everywhere" period Patton started a row with Allied air for neglecting troops air cover. Due to this complaint, Patton was visited by the two most senior Allied airmen in North Africa. What punctuated this meeting?

6. Characteristic of his history of fighting half measures, what command objective did Fredendall insert in Ward's attack plan on Maknassy pass? And how was it answered by Arnim?

7. What character trait made Robinett a difficult officer to command?

8. What decision did General Omar Bradley help Eisenhower to make by giving him a frank opinion on 'the command here?'

9. What was 'Texas?'

10. What new artillery techniques did the American gunners utilize in routing the 10th Panzers from El Guettar?

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