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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What best describes the enemy structure referred to as the 'Kasbah' by Americans?
(a) A sixteenth-century Portuguese fortress.
(b) A tower originally built during the crusades now used by a nest of snipers.
(c) A large barn temporarily used as U.S. Army barracks.
(d) A beach resort used as a French command center.

4. What excuse did Patton cite for disobeying orders regarding the planned bombardment of Casablanca.
(a) Excessive enemy resistance.
(b) Lack of assumed air superiority.
(c) Bulky communications.
(d) Pressure from U boats in the channel.

5. What was considered "the single most decisive act of the Second World War," by historian Marin Gilbert?
(a) Based on the quality of American tanks, the Germans introduced the Tiger.
(b) In solidarity with their ally, Hitler and Mussolini declared war on the United States.
(c) The landing of American troops upon the shores of French Morocco.
(d) Rommel's defense of Kasserine Pass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What written warning from superiors did Commander Terry Allen burn?

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

3. What two particular subjects did Mark Clark know of that would have made him a valuable capture for the Axis Cause?

4. Old Ironsides was both the only tank division to see desert battle in WWII, and:

5. What was the biggest deficiency, according to the author, in Allied planning?

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