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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What maps of Morocco were stowed into the holds of the American fleet heading out for TORCH?
(a) The Encyclopedia Britannica.
(b) Maps developed by the British Secret Service.
(c) Copies of stolen maps from the Germans.
(d) Michelin road maps.

3. What was operation WATCHTOWER?
(a) A pre-emptive strike by the Royal Air Force against North African Axis bases.
(b) The first Allied counter-offensive against Japan at Guadalcanal.
(c) A covert mission to convince Vichy France to join the Allied cause.
(d) The name of the original U.S. plan to attack Germany through France.

4. What two particular subjects did Mark Clark know of that would have made him a valuable capture for the Axis Cause?
(a) Details of TORCH and Ultra.
(b) French allies and Italian conspirators.
(c) The identity of several British spies and details of TORCH.
(d) The two airbases used to cover the landing.

5. What event did the President of the United States hope the invasion of North Africa would precede?
(a) The Christmas holiday.
(b) Congressional Elections.
(c) The six month mark from the date of declaring war against Japan.
(d) The Fourth of July.

Short Answer Questions

1. TORCH is considered by the author to have been:

2. According to the author, the end of the cavalry era came not with a bang, but with:

3. What is Ultra?

4. What events occurred to the disappointment of Hitler around 1941?

5. According to the author, General Patton had condensed his extensive study of history and military art down to one manifesto. What was it?

(see the answer key)

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