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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes the enemy structure referred to as the 'Kasbah' by Americans?
(a) A sixteenth-century Portuguese fortress.
(b) A beach resort used as a French command center.
(c) A tower originally built during the crusades now used by a nest of snipers.
(d) A large barn temporarily used as U.S. Army barracks.

2. What was the Service d'Ordre Legionnaire, whom Terry Allen came up against in the battle for St. Cloud?
(a) A battalian of Belgian troops fighting on the side of the Allies.
(b) French fascists who modeled themselves on the German SS.
(c) French secret service agents who infiltrated the Vichy French ranks.
(d) An expert French artillery division.

3. According to the author, what significant change occurred in the relationship between the Allies over the course of the campaign?
(a) Britain slipped into the role of a junior partner to America.
(b) America formed an immediate bond with Britain.
(c) Italy sided with the Allies.
(d) Vichy France betrayed their agreement with Germany by refusing to fight Americans.

4. According to Allen, why does a soldier fight?
(a) For his country, his family, and his sense of honor.
(b) To save suffering humanity.
(c) Because that's what he's trained to do.
(d) To prove that his unit is the best in the Army and that he has as much guts as anybody else in the unit.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Against the wishes of his generals, the president of the United States canceled which plan in preference for a North African invasion?

3. According to the author, what was operation VILLAIN?

4. What maps of Morocco were stowed into the holds of the American fleet heading out for TORCH?

5. While information on the attack was slow to come into headquarters, Eisenhower did not believe which report:

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