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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rommel given command of in 1940?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Fifteenth Army.
(c) SS Division.
(d) Afrika Korps.

2. How many troops drop into Normandy on D-Day?
(a) 6600.
(b) 3500.
(c) 9000.
(d) 2500.

3. How many men are under General Bradley's command?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 22,000.

4. "Potato masher" is the troops' name for what?
(a) Mortars.
(b) Mines.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Germans.

5. Where does Eisenhower go to college?
(a) Annapolis.
(b) Harvard.
(c) West Point.
(d) Notre Dame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the code name for the Germans' elaborate deception to fool the Russians in 1942?

2. Allies take a soil sample from the proposed landing site hoping not to find _________.

3. What does the SHAEF stand for?

4. The scene at Easy Red is likened to what?

5. Who does Capt. George Lane meet with when he is captured by the Germans when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?

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