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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who did Major Winters encounter on one occasion after his promotion and stopped to make him salute him in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?
(a) Captain Nixon.
(b) Captain Speirs.
(c) Captain Sobel.
(d) General Patton.
2. Bastogne is located along what mountain range?
(a) Sierra Nevada.
(b) Ardennes.
(c) Appalachian.
(d) Himalayan
3. What holiday had the men of Easy Company been looking forward to before being ordered to Bastogne?
(a) Easter.
(b) Fourth of July.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Flag day.
4. Who was demoted from regimental to battalion staff due to his excessive drinking in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?
(a) Major Oliver Horton.
(b) Captain Herbert Sobel.
(c) Captain Salve Matheson.
(d) Captain Lewis Nixon.
5. The goal of the German offensive in the Battle of Bastogne was the harbor located where?
(a) Zetten.
(b) Veghel.
(c) Uden.
(d) Antwerp.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did many of the soldiers do while on leave to relieve stress?
2. The operation of eliminating the German battery contributed to the success of the beach invasion, as the location looked directly down upon what in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
3. What did Winters have for the first time after the invasion on D-Day?
4. What did Winters later receive for his actions on D-Day?
5. When did the division hold a parade that top Army leaders, including General Eisenhower, attended?
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