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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What criticism does the author make of Speedy Valley during the course of Furlingswind?
(a) That panic reigned.
(b) That the reluctance to acknowledge the route resulted in too many Allied deaths.
(c) That there was no sense of urgency.
(d) That they believed their own misinformation.

2. What hunch of Eisenhower's in regards to General Giraud looks to be accurate?
(a) That Giraud was an Axis spy.
(b) That he would not settle for less than being appointed Commander-in-Chief of all Allied forces.
(c) That Giraud was waiting out the results of TORCH before committing to the Allied cause.
(d) That Giraud was following orders from Petain after all.

3. 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 Pass.
(c) The supply depot.
(d) The AFHQ.

4. Why were the Vichy French fighting the Allies in North Africa?
(a) If they did not, Germany would invade Vichy France and seize the large Vichy fleet anchored at Toulon.
(b) Germany held several French nobles prisoner and threatened to assasinate them.
(c) Loss of North Africa to the Allies would mean the loss of the final French colonies and several war ships.
(d) Vichy France was held captive by Italy.

5. What order threatened the success of Rommel's push on Tebessa?
(a) The order to cancel air support.
(b) To attack East but only as far as Le Kef.
(c) Repositioning the force futher to the north.
(d) Only half the tanks requested were allotted to the task.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the following after the drubbing in Sbeitla: "There is nothing wrong with the common American soldier. His fighting spirit is good. His morale is okay. The deeper he gets into a fight, the more of a fighting man he becomes."

2. What was it that finally broke the Kasbah's defenses?

3. 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."

4. The death of Admiral Darlan is considered to have had what effect on the Allies?

5. What did General Erich von Wulisch tell General Nogues in his farewell call before escaping Fedala?

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