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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon the capitulation of the French, what 'natural order' was quickly re-established?
(a) Mutual distrust.
(b) French superiority.
(c) Franco-American amity.
(d) British generalship.

2. 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.

3. What did Arnim do to undermine Rommel's attack on Le Kef and his designees on Tebessa?
(a) Withheld half of the 10th Panzer division's tanks.
(b) Withheld any air cover.
(c) Withheld the 7th Artillery division.
(d) Required him attack on a more circuitous route.

4. What best describes the enemy structure referred to as the 'Kasbah' by Americans?
(a) A large barn temporarily used as U.S. Army barracks.
(b) A sixteenth-century Portuguese fortress.
(c) A beach resort used as a French command center.
(d) A tower originally built during the crusades now used by a nest of snipers.

5. What was Djebel el Rhar?
(a) A fortified tower manned by Italian troops.
(b) A deep defile with no possibility of crossing it.
(c) A desert river bed and useful hiding spot.
(d) A slightly lower crest to Djebel el Ahmera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two defects in planning for Longstop does the author point out?

2. 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."

3. What was Leedstown?

4. Drake's command "Bust the Balloon," meant what:

5. Who said the following: "...infantry, like whiskey, loses potency when diluted."

(see the answer key)

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