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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. TORCH is considered by the author to have been:
(a) "The most daring amphibious operation in the history of modern warfare."
(b) "Primarily a diversionary tactic to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union."
(c) "The single worst tactical decision of the war."
(d) "Poorly planned but excellently executed."

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

4. According to the author, what was operation VILLAIN?
(a) The landing of a combined force of British and American special forces troops near Casablanca.
(b) A massive bombing run against Axis airfields in North Africa immediately following TORCH.
(c) The first American airborne operation of the war, and among the most daring before or since.
(d) The delivery of an armored division by C-47 airplanes to the front lines.

5. Who did the American contingent meet in Cherchel?
(a) The Desert Fox.
(b) Benito Mussolini, Commander General of the Italian Africorps.
(c) General Mast, the French commander of the Vichy army's XIX Corps.
(d) General Henri Giraud, a senior general capable of uniting the French cause.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What went wrong with operation VILLAIN?

3. While information on the attack was slow to come into headquarters, Eisenhower did not believe which report:

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

5. What French character was referred to as "a bad man with a narrow outlook and shifty eye," by Winston Churchill?

(see the answer key)

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