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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Service d'Ordre Legionnaire, whom Terry Allen came up against in the battle for St. Cloud?
(a) French fascists who modeled themselves on the German SS.
(b) French secret service agents who infiltrated the Vichy French ranks.
(c) An expert French artillery division.
(d) A battalian of Belgian troops fighting on the side of the Allies.

2. Why did Darlan revoke his order announcing to all French troops that further battle was futile?
(a) The position of the British above him in the command structure threatened French authority.
(b) French troops threatened revolt.
(c) The arrival of General Giraud threatened his new position.
(d) Marshal Petain sacked Darlan as his military commander and repudiated the agreement.

3. Of the Fifty-two Sherman tanks caught in the German attack Fruhlingswind how many survived?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 24.
(d) 0.

4. 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.

5. Who was General Nehring replaced by?
(a) Captain Wilhelm Knoche.
(b) General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim.
(c) Field Marshal erwin Rommel.
(d) Field Marshal Albert Kesselring.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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."

3. What is Longstop?

4. What order threatened the success of Rommel's push on Tebessa?

5. Upon taking Oran what did the Allies immediately set to converting it to?

(see the answer key)

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