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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medal did Rear Admiral Hewitt win in World War I?
(a) The rank of Admiral.
(b) The Navy Cross for Heroism.
(c) The Purple Heart.
(d) A Medal of Honor.

2. What was General Giraud's stated expectation upon reaching Gibraltar?
(a) To assume command of all Allied forces.
(b) To assume the responsibility of preparing a beach assault in Normandy.
(c) To be awarded the rank of Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
(d) To be shipped directly to North Africa where he would inspire the Vichy French forces to join the Allied cause.

3. Who traveled to Gibraltar under the nom de guerre of "General Howe."
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) George Patton.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Ted Roosevelt.

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

5. Against the wishes of his generals, the president of the United States canceled which plan in preference for a North African invasion?
(a) Charioteer.
(b) Rainbow 5.
(c) Sledgehammer.
(d) Watchtower.

Short Answer Questions

1. North Africa is where the Allies agreed on a policy of:

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

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

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

5. What kind of memorial fills the American military cemetery at Carthage to mark the graves of American troops?

(see the answer key)

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