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

2. 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) The name of the original U.S. plan to attack Germany through France.
(d) A covert mission to convince Vichy France to join the Allied cause.

3. What did Eisenhower suspect of General Giraud?
(a) Anti-semitism.
(b) Axis sympathies.
(c) A bluff.
(d) Cowardess.

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

5. 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) The two airbases used to cover the landing.
(c) The identity of several British spies and details of TORCH.
(d) French allies and Italian conspirators.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who did the American contingent meet in Cherchel?

4. Where did the U.S. deception plans for TORCH suggest possible landing sites for the fleet?

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

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