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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On January 1, 1942, twenty-six countries signed an agreement to forswear any separate peace without mutual concurrence and to make a common cause of "life, liberty independence, and religious freedom, and to preserve the rights of man and justice." This group of nations called themselves:
(a) The Allies.
(b) The International Democratic Union.
(c) NAFTA.
(d) The United Nations.

2. A British Tommy is quoted as saying:
(a) "The last war was a war to end war. This war's to start 'em up again."
(b) "To the victor, go the spoils."
(c) "No guts. No glory."
(d) "Through France passes our shortest route to the Heart of Germany."

3. 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 hold off the invasion until better landings could be found.
(c) To move forward with the invasion as planned, despite conflicting weather reports.
(d) To temporarily break the fleet into six parts in order to escape U boats.

4. The initial American strategy for attacking Hitler was summed up by a British general as:
(a) To overwhelm North Africa thereby ensuring Spanish neutrality.
(b) To stop wasting time with Japan and attack Germany with all available means.
(c) To go for him bald-headed and as soon as possible, by the shortest and most direct route.
(d) To isolate Germany from her Italian allies by infiltrating Austria.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. September 1, 1939 marked the first day of a war that would last approximately:

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

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

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

5. America declared war on Germany upon:

(see the answer key)

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