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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name for the German army?
(a) Waffen.
(b) Wehrmacht.
(c) Gestapo.
(d) Kriegsmarine.

2. Which American commander stands up and symbolically throws the thick book of D-Day plans over his shoulder?
(a) Col. Good.
(b) Brig. General Cota.
(c) Capt. Miller.
(d) Col. Van Fleet.

3. What does AEF stand for?
(a) American Expenditure Force.
(b) Allied Executive Force.
(c) American Executive Force.
(d) Allied Expeditionary Force.

4. How many members of the 101st Airborne are captured by Jahnke's Germans?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 6.
(d) 25.

5. Where is the soldier from who forgets his name when asked by Eisenhower?
(a) Maine.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Texas.
(d) Kansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose have framed on the wall of his office?

2. Where do the Americans beat the Germans in battle prior to D-Day?

3. Who says that the Allies' best chance is the "blast"?

4. What does Eisenhower want to paralyze in the weeks leading up to D-Day?

5. What is the real name of the sexy-voiced Ohio girl known as "Axis Sally"?

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