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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who made the following statement: "It is pardonable to be defeated, but unpardonable to be surprised."
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Drake.
(c) Morre.
(d) Luttrell.

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

3. According to the author, many American officers were concerned that the British war plan was:
(a) To draw out the war to further London's imperial ambitions.
(b) Too consolidated and misdirected in that it attacked only one Axis.
(c) Too bold by far, under-manned by half.
(d) An attempt to curb French ambitions as well as those of the Germans.

4. What aspect of command played an important part in the Axis' stalling operation OCHSENKOPF?
(a) Arnim's pessimism.
(b) Rommel's risk taking.
(c) Kesselring's optimism.
(d) Hitler's distractions in Russia.

5. What "huge, chairborn force" of more than 1,000 officers and 15,000 enlisted troops occupied 2,000 pieces of real estate in Algiers?
(a) The United Nations
(b) OPEC
(c) AFHQ
(d) The Luftewaffe

Short Answer Questions

1. The American route by Arnim was successful to the point of making Rommel's attack Morgenluft negligible. What strategic objective in Tebessa did Rommel have his eye on?

2. Who traveled to Gibraltar under the nom de guerre of "General Howe."

3. What two particular subjects did Mark Clark know of that would have made him a valuable capture for the Axis Cause?

4. According to troops in Tunisia during the winter of 42-43, how did Stuka time and Spitfire time compare?

5. According to the author, what subtle changes had started to become evident in American troops towards the end of 1942?

(see the answer key)

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