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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ultra?
(a) A clandestine plan to land a group of American conspirators behind enemy lines in North Africa.
(b) The name of the U.S. Secret Service in World War II.
(c) The codename for the bazooka.
(d) The intelligence gathered through British decipherment of coded German radio messages.

3. According to General Patten, it was his expectation of an officer to:
(a) Move ahead.
(b) Defer to their British counterparts.
(c) Lead from the rear and let the troops do the fighting.
(d) Spread chaos through the destruction of civilian property.

4. 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.

5. What did Allen determine to do instead of following Colonel Greer's suggestion?
(a) Use air support and cover of night to take out specific enemy installations.
(b) Bifurcate the city with tanks and take the high ground first.
(c) Concentrate his troops and make one desperate last push.
(d) Bypass St. Cloud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the enemy structure referred to as the 'Kasbah' by Americans?

2. According to the author, what strategic mistake was repeated at the port of Algiers in operation TERMINAL?

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

4. What was operation RESERVIST?

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

(see the answer key)

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