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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. September 1, 1939 marked the first day of a war that would last approximately:
(a) 2,000 days.
(b) 3,000 days.
(c) 4,000 days.
(d) 1,000 days.

2. What was Robert Murphy's mission in Algiers?
(a) To launch an insurrection of the Vichy French.
(b) To escort Allied agents into the city to plant bombs.
(c) To spike the guns in the shore batteries.
(d) To sabotage the Axis airfield.

3. What was operation RESERVIST?
(a) A British plan to forestall the sabotage of Oran's port.
(b) A bombing attack from Gibraltar bases on Axis ports in North Africa.
(c) An Allied plan that spread forces across north Tunisia.
(d) A clandestine mission launched by Patton.

4. What events occurred to the disappointment of Hitler around 1941?
(a) The fall of Yugoslavia and Britain's invasion across the English Channel.
(b) Spain's refusal to join the Axis and Italy's invasion of Greece.
(c) Mussolini's fondness of French culture and Japan's need for war ships.
(d) Stalin's break from his treaty with Germany and the resulting shortage in fuel reserves.

5. 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 consolidated and misdirected in that it attacked only one Axis.
(d) Too bold by far, under-manned by half.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rommel was rewarded the Field Marshal's Baton for:

3. The signal "Advance Napoleon," was issues by Eisenhower which indicated what to the troops readying operation VILLAIN?

4. According to the author, the end of the cavalry era came not with a bang, but with:

5. What medal did Rear Admiral Hewitt win in World War I?

(see the answer key)

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