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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rouse did the French employ when repairing the gun turret on the Jean Bart?
(a) They allowed the ship to sink several feet.
(b) They camouflaged the gun turret with wreckage from other ships.
(c) They pumped smoke from the top of the turret suggesting fire on board.
(d) They left the guns cockeyed.

2. Upon taking Oran what did the Allies immediately set to converting it to?
(a) A boot camp where British and American troops would be trained together.
(b) The largest airbase in North Africa.
(c) A vast supply depot.
(d) The Allies' primary naval station.

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

4. What two particular subjects did Mark Clark know of that would have made him a valuable capture for the Axis Cause?
(a) French allies and Italian conspirators.
(b) Details of TORCH and Ultra.
(c) The two airbases used to cover the landing.
(d) The identity of several British spies and details of TORCH.

5. What was it that finally broke the Kasbah's defenses?
(a) Eight Navy dive bombers.
(b) Fifty troops led by Truscott stormed the gates.
(c) Well placed Howitzers.
(d) Accurate fire from the beached destroyer, Dallas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While Patton was made a national hero in taking Casablanca, which defects were also revealed, according to the author?

3. The average number of deaths per day during the war averaged:

4. Who wrote: "Would God I might die with my sword in hand / Ringed by dead foes all around."

5. What two issues particularly occupied the minds of the American strategists planning Torch?

(see the answer key)

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