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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What went wrong with operation VILLAIN?
(a) Bad fuel caused several plane engines to seize in the air and forced crash landings in Spain.
(b) Bad weather with incorrectly timed and broadcasted beacons.
(c) Only thirty-percent of planes made it past Axis defenses.
(d) German air raids delayed the departure.

2. What decision by Rear Admiral Hewitt was considered "a brave decision, the decision of a commander," by Lord Lewis Mountbatten, the commander of British amphibious forces?
(a) To revise the attack and land in force.
(b) To temporarily break the fleet into six parts in order to escape U boats.
(c) To hold off the invasion until better landings could be found.
(d) To move forward with the invasion as planned, despite conflicting weather reports.

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

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

5. Where did the U.S. deception plans for TORCH suggest possible landing sites for the fleet?
(a) The Middle East, India or The Istrian Peninsula.
(b) France, Germany or Denmark.
(c) Scandinavia, France or the Middle East.
(d) China, Ethiopia or France.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. TORCH is considered by the author to have been:

3. According to the author, what strategic mistake was repeated at the port of Algiers in operation TERMINAL?

4. Against the wishes of his generals, the president of the United States canceled which plan in preference for a North African invasion?

5. According to the author, many American officers were concerned that the British war plan was:

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