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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, what significant change occurred in the relationship between the Allies over the course of the campaign?
(a) Italy sided with the Allies.
(b) Vichy France betrayed their agreement with Germany by refusing to fight Americans.
(c) America formed an immediate bond with Britain.
(d) Britain slipped into the role of a junior partner to America.

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

3. In the winter of 1942, which Nation proved the dominant Air force in North Africa?
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) America.

4. What decision by Rear Admiral Hewitt was considered "a brave decision, the decision of a commander," by Lord Lewis Mountbatten, the commander of British amphibious forces?
(a) To revise the attack and land in force.
(b) To temporarily break the fleet into six parts in order to escape U boats.
(c) To hold off the invasion until better landings could be found.
(d) To move forward with the invasion as planned, despite conflicting weather reports.

5. What maps of Morocco were stowed into the holds of the American fleet heading out for TORCH?
(a) The Encyclopedia Britannica.
(b) Michelin road maps.
(c) Maps developed by the British Secret Service.
(d) Copies of stolen maps from the Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ultra?

2. The Tine River Valley, where Luftwaffe pilots were attacking about once per hour, was nicknamed what by the troops of the 1st Battalion?

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

4. According to the author, the end of the cavalry era came not with a bang, but with:

5. Upon the capitulation of the French, what 'natural order' was quickly re-established?

(see the answer key)

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