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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The initial American strategy for attacking Hitler was summed up by a British general as:
(a) To overwhelm North Africa thereby ensuring Spanish neutrality.
(b) To stop wasting time with Japan and attack Germany with all available means.
(c) To isolate Germany from her Italian allies by infiltrating Austria.
(d) To go for him bald-headed and as soon as possible, by the shortest and most direct route.

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

5. What knocked Major Robert Moore to the ground at the battle for Lambiridi?
(a) A stone thrown by French soldiers who had expended their ammunition.
(b) A gunshot that creased his helmet.
(c) A ground mine.
(d) A mortar shell that exploded six feet in front of his position.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plan did Colonel Frank Greer suggest that was countermanded by Terry Allen?

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

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

4. America declared war on Germany upon:

5. What did General Erich von Wulisch tell General Nogues in his farewell call before escaping Fedala?

(see the answer key)

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