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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many platoons had Eisenhower commanded in battle prior to the start of World War II?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) None.

2. What went wrong with operation VILLAIN?
(a) German air raids delayed the departure.
(b) Bad fuel caused several plane engines to seize in the air and forced crash landings in Spain.
(c) Bad weather with incorrectly timed and broadcasted beacons.
(d) Only thirty-percent of planes made it past Axis defenses.

3. What did the H.M.S. Bulolo deliver to Casablanca to assist the British in their cause?
(a) A group of captured German informers with specific details on Axis plans.
(b) A war room filled with planning studies bound in red leather dispatch folders.
(c) 400 cases of champagne.
(d) A special forces troop to demostrate new machinery and tactics to make a cross channel landing.

4. Although the Allies were aware of the numbers of Axis troops pouring into Tunis, they misjudged the situation in what way?
(a) By assuming these troops were ment to reinforce the Middle East.
(b) By assuming the terrain was in Allied favor.
(c) By assuming these troops were of low category and without motor transport.
(d) By assuming supply issues would hamper the German's ability to fight.

5. Who did the American contingent meet in Cherchel?
(a) General Mast, the French commander of the Vichy army's XIX Corps.
(b) Benito Mussolini, Commander General of the Italian Africorps.
(c) The Desert Fox.
(d) General Henri Giraud, a senior general capable of uniting the French cause.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rear Admiral Bennett, the RESERVIST plan was:

2. What became the unofficial motto of Allied forces in Tunisia?

3. What medal did Rear Admiral Hewitt win in World War I?

4. What two particular subjects did Mark Clark know of that would have made him a valuable capture for the Axis Cause?

5. What was the first town to be captured by the Allies?

(see the answer key)

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