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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. A British Tommy is quoted as saying:
(a) "The last war was a war to end war. This war's to start 'em up again."
(b) "Through France passes our shortest route to the Heart of Germany."
(c) "To the victor, go the spoils."
(d) "No guts. No glory."

Short Answer Questions

1. What medal did Rear Admiral Hewitt win in World War I?

2. What event did the President of the United States hope the invasion of North Africa would precede?

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

4. What two issues particularly occupied the minds of the American strategists planning Torch?

5. According to the author, what significant change occurred in the relationship between the Allies over the course of the campaign?

(see the answer key)

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