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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. General Georges Barre was the only Vichy French commander to refuse to kowtow to the Germans. What did he do?
(a) Led a foiled attack against the palace of the bey.
(b) Fled the city for the desert in the south.
(c) Stormed the Axis command post.
(d) Sidled westward into Tunisia's wild hills to await developements.

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

3. In the naval battle of Casablanca, Hewitt faced El Hank. What was El Hank?
(a) The single German U boat deending the harbor on loan to the French.
(b) A captured then renamed American battleship.
(c) An uniquely large and rapidly firing gun turret mounted on the Jean Bart, a french battleship.
(d) A coastal battery.

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

5. What is Brigadier General Truscott quoted as learning, perhaps in relation to his conflict in Mehdia?
(a) "Luck is worth a division."
(b) "No matter how large the force engaged, every battle is made up of small actions by individuals and small units."
(c) "Nothing undoes a good strategy like French snipers."
(d) "There is no winning, there is only moving on."

Short Answer Questions

1. Major Rudolph Barlow's surprise attack on an an Axis airfield discovered outside the city of Djedejida resulted in what?

2. How many platoons had Eisenhower commanded in battle prior to the start of World War II?

3. What rouse did the French employ when repairing the gun turret on the Jean Bart?

4. The initial American strategy for attacking Hitler was summed up by a British general as:

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

(see the answer key)

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