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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political arrangement with the French particularly caused a public outcry in both the U.S. and Britain?
(a) The Darlan deal.
(b) Supply of French.
(c) Amnesty for Petain.
(d) Giraud's promotion to Commander-in-Chief.

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

3. Rommel was rewarded the Field Marshal's Baton for:
(a) Capturing 30,000 British Commonwealth troops in Tobruk, Libya.
(b) Successfully capturing Stalingrad, Russia.
(c) His success in routing French forces from the Suez Canal.
(d) A successful Blitskrieg against massed French loyalists in Paris.

4. Upon being made Mussolini's deputy, what plan did Kesselring devise?
(a) To build a bridgehead around Tunis and plan a counter attack.
(b) An immediate assault on Oran.
(c) To give up North Africa as slowly as possible to buy time for the Axis campaign in Russia.
(d) A consolidation of forces aimed at breaking the Allied forces up.

5. TORCH is considered by the author to have been:
(a) "The single worst tactical decision of the war."
(b) "Poorly planned but excellently executed."
(c) "The most daring amphibious operation in the history of modern warfare."
(d) "Primarily a diversionary tactic to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When German anti-aircraft gunners in Tunis fired at his plane by mistake, Field marshal Albert Kesselring's response was to:

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

4. Upon discovering the American fleet in the Mediterranean, where did Hitler believe it was destined?

5. What did Allen determine to do instead of following Colonel Greer's suggestion?

(see the answer key)

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