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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. North Africa is where the Allies agreed on a policy of:
(a) Detente.
(b) Blitzkrieg.
(c) Military autonomy.
(d) Unconditional surrender.

2. What was Leedstown?
(a) The English city from which the bulk of the Royal Airforce departed for Africa.
(b) An upgraded English tank thought to be more conducive to desert warfare.
(c) The Allied name for the supply depot built in Algiers.
(d) The U.S.S. Leedstown was the first victim of the Luftwaffe in the North African campaign.

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

4. What excuse did Patton cite for disobeying orders regarding the planned bombardment of Casablanca.
(a) Bulky communications.
(b) Lack of assumed air superiority.
(c) Excessive enemy resistance.
(d) Pressure from U boats in the channel.

5. What was General Giraud's stated expectation upon reaching Gibraltar?
(a) To assume the responsibility of preparing a beach assault in Normandy.
(b) To be awarded the rank of Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
(c) To be shipped directly to North Africa where he would inspire the Vichy French forces to join the Allied cause.
(d) To assume command of all Allied forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rommel was rewarded the Field Marshal's Baton for:

2. What was operation RESERVIST?

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

4. What French character was referred to as "a bad man with a narrow outlook and shifty eye," by Winston Churchill?

5. What events occurred to the disappointment of Hitler around 1941?

(see the answer key)

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