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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, many American officers were concerned that the British war plan was:
(a) An attempt to curb French ambitions as well as those of the Germans.
(b) Too consolidated and misdirected in that it attacked only one Axis.
(c) Too bold by far, under-manned by half.
(d) To draw out the war to further London's imperial ambitions.

2. What event did the President of the United States hope the invasion of North Africa would precede?
(a) The Christmas holiday.
(b) The Fourth of July.
(c) The six month mark from the date of declaring war against Japan.
(d) Congressional Elections.

3. Why did Darlan revoke his order announcing to all French troops that further battle was futile?
(a) Marshal Petain sacked Darlan as his military commander and repudiated the agreement.
(b) The arrival of General Giraud threatened his new position.
(c) French troops threatened revolt.
(d) The position of the British above him in the command structure threatened French authority.

4. What two issues particularly occupied the minds of the American strategists planning Torch?
(a) German U-boats and Japanese dive bombers.
(b) If the plan had been leaked to the Germans and Vichy France's certain role in fighting the landings.
(c) The training of troops on two different continents and how to merge the forces while at sea.
(d) That minimal British troops accompany the initial landings and where to make the landings.

5. What "huge, chairborn force" of more than 1,000 officers and 15,000 enlisted troops occupied 2,000 pieces of real estate in Algiers?
(a) The Luftewaffe
(b) The United Nations
(c) OPEC
(d) AFHQ

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the enemy structure referred to as the 'Kasbah' by Americans?

2. A British Tommy is quoted as saying:

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

4. The General Lee is described by the author as: "double the Stuart's weight, with a 75mm gun in the hull, a 35mm squirrel rifle in the turret, and four machine guns." What did the author describe as it's flaws?

5. Who traveled to Gibraltar under the nom de guerre of "General Howe."

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