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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Too wide for city streets, poor at sand travel and expensive.
(b) Height, the large gun could traverse only a couple degrees and was set too low.
(c) Terrible range, accuracy and weakness from behind.
(d) Lack of forward armor, speed and maneuverability.

2. What "huge, chairborn force" of more than 1,000 officers and 15,000 enlisted troops occupied 2,000 pieces of real estate in Algiers?
(a) The Luftewaffe
(b) The United Nations
(c) AFHQ
(d) OPEC

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

4. How was SATIN a change in strategy for the Allies?
(a) It changed the objective from capturing Bizerte & Tunis to destroying Rommel's army.
(b) It placed emphasis on tank battle and resulted in the issuance of thousands of bazookas.
(c) It prioritized taking out Sicilian air bases and postponed the push for Tunis.
(d) It shifted the focus from a ground battle to an air and naval battle.

5. What two issues particularly occupied the minds of the American strategists planning Torch?
(a) The training of troops on two different continents and how to merge the forces while at sea.
(b) German U-boats and Japanese dive bombers.
(c) That minimal British troops accompany the initial landings and where to make the landings.
(d) If the plan had been leaked to the Germans and Vichy France's certain role in fighting the landings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hitler reinforced Tunis because of what realization, according to the author?

2. According to troops in Tunisia during the winter of 42-43, how did Stuka time and Spitfire time compare?

3. What knocked Major Robert Moore to the ground at the battle for Lambiridi?

4. The Tine River Valley, where Luftwaffe pilots were attacking about once per hour, was nicknamed what by the troops of the 1st Battalion?

5. The radio messages "batter up" and "play ball" meant what to the American fleet?

(see the answer key)

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