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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was operation WATCHTOWER?
(a) The name of the original U.S. plan to attack Germany through France.
(b) A pre-emptive strike by the Royal Air Force against North African Axis bases.
(c) A covert mission to convince Vichy France to join the Allied cause.
(d) The first Allied counter-offensive against Japan at Guadalcanal.

2. What was operation RESERVIST?
(a) A clandestine mission launched by Patton.
(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 British plan to forestall the sabotage of Oran's port.

3. What kind of memorial fills the American military cemetery at Carthage to mark the graves of American troops?
(a) Catacombs.
(b) Several granite obelisks.
(c) Simple marble markers.
(d) One large marble tomb.

4. Against the wishes of his generals, the president of the United States canceled which plan in preference for a North African invasion?
(a) Charioteer.
(b) Rainbow 5.
(c) Watchtower.
(d) Sledgehammer.

5. What was the first town to be captured by the Allies?
(a) Oran.
(b) Arzew.
(c) Tangiers.
(d) Casablanca.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Rear Admiral Bennett, the RESERVIST plan was:

3. What maps of Morocco were stowed into the holds of the American fleet heading out for TORCH?

4. What was Robert Murphy's mission in Algiers?

5. According to General Patten, it was his expectation of an officer to:

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