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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname for Eisenhower did the War Department try to suppress?
(a) C-N-C.
(b) Howie.
(c) Ike.
(d) Doc.

2. General Georges Barre was the only Vichy French commander to refuse to kowtow to the Germans. What did he do?
(a) Led a foiled attack against the palace of the bey.
(b) Sidled westward into Tunisia's wild hills to await developements.
(c) Fled the city for the desert in the south.
(d) Stormed the Axis command post.

3. When German anti-aircraft gunners in Tunis fired at his plane by mistake, Field marshal Albert Kesselring's response was to:
(a) Order larger swastika's painted on all Axis aircraft.
(b) Rubuke them for missing an easy target.
(c) Install better sights on the guns.
(d) Re-station them to Antarctica.

4. The radio messages "batter up" and "play ball" meant what to the American fleet?
(a) Acknowledged French resistance and authorized retaliatory fire.
(b) Air superiority was achieved and the landing could be made.
(c) Troops are landed and on the offensive.
(d) Casablanca has been taken and forces are now to move East.

5. According to the author, what was operation VILLAIN?
(a) The landing of a combined force of British and American special forces troops near Casablanca.
(b) The delivery of an armored division by C-47 airplanes to the front lines.
(c) A massive bombing run against Axis airfields in North Africa immediately following TORCH.
(d) The first American airborne operation of the war, and among the most daring before or since.

Short Answer Questions

1. In contrast to other offensives, in the taking Safi, the U.S. sustained casualties considered:

2. In the winter of 1942, which Nation proved the dominant Air force in North Africa?

3. The General Lee is described by the author as: "double the Stuart's weight, with a 75mm gun in the hull, a 35mm squirrel rifle in the turret, and four machine guns." What did the author describe as it's flaws?

4. How many platoons had Eisenhower commanded in battle prior to the start of World War II?

5. General Sir Alan Brooke, chief of the Imperial General Staff, had strong opinions about Eisenhower. Which statement best represents his opinion?

(see the answer key)

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