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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. What was stated as the reason for the decision to defer the advance on Tunis?
(a) French political issues.
(b) American supply issues.
(c) A German re-supply.
(d) Bad weather.

2. Of the 904 men Moore had led on a daring night escape, eventually, how many made it to safety?
(a) Approximately 430.
(b) Approximately 150.
(c) Approximately 200.
(d) Approximately 750.

3. Did morale improve in II Corps under Patten?
(a) No, new regulations stifled morale.
(b) Yes, but perhaps in spite of him.
(c) Yes, in part for his reputation.
(d) No, his overbearing nature increased pessimism.

4. 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?
(a) The Allied air fields.
(b) The supply depot.
(c) The Pass.
(d) The AFHQ.

5. According to Eisenhower, Fredendall was offered a 'soft landing' for what reason?
(a) To help mask the degree of their loses.
(b) To avoid shaking public confidence in the high command.
(c) To improve troop morale.
(d) To keep him in the back pocket.

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. Who was General Nehring replaced by?

3. Who did Montgomery have a picture of above his desk?

4. What was Djebel el Rhar?

5. Patton's II Corps had reached 88,473 men, the author notes that this is exactly the same size as what other American force?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. How was Longstop positioned so that it represented a strategic point?

4. What controversial proclamation was made by Roosevelt that Churchill later, and probably falsely, claimed had caught him short?

5. What was the goal of operation SATIN?

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

7. General Sir Alan Brooke, is characterized as one of the great generals of the war. But what tragedy in 1925 changed his charmed life and what permanent effects did it have?

8. How did the Axis 'draft' Tunisian Jews for work details around Bizerte and Tunis?

9. 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?

10. What effect did the War in North Africa have on the American city of Red Oak?

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