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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What written warning from superiors did Commander Terry Allen burn?
(a) That the French would show resolve in repelling the attack.
(b) That aircover would not be provided.
(c) That the French should not be considered hostile.
(d) That the British planned to outflank him.

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

3. Upon discovering the American fleet in the Mediterranean, where did Hitler believe it was destined?
(a) The Suez Canal to ensure Allied shipping.
(b) Napels or Jerusalem to acquire oil.
(c) Tripoli or Benghazi to trap the Afrika Corps.
(d) Sicily to establish a launching point to Europe.

4. What two issues particularly occupied the minds of the American strategists planning Torch?
(a) German U-boats and Japanese dive bombers.
(b) If the plan had been leaked to the Germans and Vichy France's certain role in fighting the landings.
(c) That minimal British troops accompany the initial landings and where to make the landings.
(d) The training of troops on two different continents and how to merge the forces while at sea.

5. The signal "Advance Napoleon," was issues by Eisenhower which indicated what to the troops readying operation VILLAIN?
(a) To carry out Plan B and expect a hostile reception by the French.
(b) To carry out Plan D and expect a hostile reception by the French.
(c) To carry out Plan C and expect to be dropped behind enemy lines.
(d) To carry out Plan B and expect a docile reception by the French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first town to be captured by the Allies?

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

3. What was General Giraud's stated expectation upon reaching Gibraltar?

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

5. The radio messages "batter up" and "play ball" meant what to the American fleet?

(see the answer key)

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