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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rommel was rewarded the Field Marshal's Baton for:
(a) A successful Blitskrieg against massed French loyalists in Paris.
(b) His success in routing French forces from the Suez Canal.
(c) Capturing 30,000 British Commonwealth troops in Tobruk, Libya.
(d) Successfully capturing Stalingrad, Russia.

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:
(a) The United Nations.
(b) NAFTA.
(c) The International Democratic Union.
(d) The Allies.

3. What kind of memorial fills the American military cemetery at Carthage to mark the graves of American troops?
(a) One large marble tomb.
(b) Simple marble markers.
(c) Catacombs.
(d) Several granite obelisks.

4. Upon discovering the American fleet in the Mediterranean, where did Hitler believe it was destined?
(a) Tripoli or Benghazi to trap the Afrika Corps.
(b) Napels or Jerusalem to acquire oil.
(c) The Suez Canal to ensure Allied shipping.
(d) Sicily to establish a launching point to Europe.

5. Old Ironsides was both the only tank division to see desert battle in WWII, and:
(a) The only tank division manned by volunteers.
(b) The only tank division equipped with radios.
(c) The only tank division to receive no desert training.
(d) The only tank division trained in amphibious assault.

Short Answer Questions

1. September 1, 1939 marked the first day of a war that would last approximately:

2. The average number of deaths per day during the war averaged:

3. America declared war on Germany upon:

4. According to the author, North Africa is where the Axis forever lost:

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

(see the answer key)

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