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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plan did Colonel Frank Greer suggest that was countermanded by Terry Allen?
(a) A building by building guerrilla campaign by infantry.
(b) Circle the town and cut if off from it's supply of troops from Oran.
(c) A creeping artillery barrage through the town of St. Cloud.
(d) Utilize the hill as a defilade and wait for tank support.

2. What was stated as the reason for the decision to defer the advance on Tunis?
(a) American supply issues.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) A German re-supply.
(d) French political issues.

3. What did the German's rename Longstop?
(a) Rommel's Pen.
(b) Little Big Horn.
(c) Christmas Hill.
(d) New Year Valley.

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

5. According to the author, why was Allen's decision important in a historical context?
(a) It was the first singular tactical decision by an Americn general in the liberation of Europe.
(b) It was the most complicated coordination of tanks and ground troops to that date in modern warfare.
(c) It was the most bloodiest drive of the campaign and could have been the deciding factor in gaining French support.
(d) It was singularly reckless and signaled his key flaw as a commander.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why were the Vichy French fighting the Allies in North Africa?

3. In the naval battle of Casablanca, Hewitt faced El Hank. What was El Hank?

4. Who was General Nehring replaced by?

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

(see the answer key)

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