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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does the author consider RESERVIST a success?
(a) No, with the exception that not a single Allied ship was lost.
(b) No, although it was claimed as such.
(c) Yes, despite heavy casualties.
(d) Yes, especially in that no ships in the harbor were scuttled or damaged by the battle.

2. According to Rear Admiral Bennett, the RESERVIST plan was:
(a) "A moral building excercise."
(b) "Excessive."
(c) "Strategically unimportant to winning the war."
(d) "Suicidal and absolutely unsound."

3. Where did the U.S. deception plans for TORCH suggest possible landing sites for the fleet?
(a) Scandinavia, France or the Middle East.
(b) France, Germany or Denmark.
(c) The Middle East, India or The Istrian Peninsula.
(d) China, Ethiopia or France.

4. September 1, 1939 marked the first day of a war that would last approximately:
(a) 3,000 days.
(b) 2,000 days.
(c) 4,000 days.
(d) 1,000 days.

5. TORCH is considered by the author to have been:
(a) "Poorly planned but excellently executed."
(b) "The single worst tactical decision of the war."
(c) "Primarily a diversionary tactic to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union."
(d) "The most daring amphibious operation in the history of modern warfare."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it that finally broke the Kasbah's defenses?

2. On January 1, 1942, twenty-six countries signed an agreement to forswear any separate peace without mutual concurrence and to make a common cause of "life, liberty independence, and religious freedom, and to preserve the rights of man and justice." This group of nations called themselves:

3. A British Tommy is quoted as saying:

4. What was operation RESERVIST?

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

(see the answer key)

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