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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. North Africa is where the Allies agreed on a policy of:
(a) Detente.
(b) Blitzkrieg.
(c) Unconditional surrender.
(d) Military autonomy.

2. According to the author, the end of the cavalry era came not with a bang, but with:
(a) The grinding of tank gears.
(b) A dinner bell.
(c) A successful routing of an Italian regiment.
(d) A quiet retreat from a botched midnight excursion across Axis lines.

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

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

5. According to the author, General Patton had condensed his extensive study of history and military art down to one manifesto. What was it?
(a) "Establish a unified front and push until their back is against the wall."
(b) "Survival in battle is for the lucky; it's a soldier's duty to die."
(c) "Violent attacks everywhere with everything."
(d) "Divide and conquer."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was operation WATCHTOWER?

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

5. According to General Patten, it was his expectation of an officer to:

(see the answer key)

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