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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. September 1, 1939 marked the first day of a war that would last approximately:
(a) 4,000 days.
(b) 2,000 days.
(c) 1,000 days.
(d) 3,000 days.

2. Hitler reinforced Tunis because of what realization, according to the author?
(a) That North Africa could be used as a platform for the invasion of southern Europe.
(b) That Italy would not be able to adequately face the size of the Allied force there.
(c) That the American claim to plan a landing on the shores of Normandy was a rouse.
(d) That the Vichy French alliance had collapsed.

3. What became the unofficial motto of Allied forces in Tunisia?
(a) "Kilroy was here."
(b) "It flies, it dies."
(c) "Dig or Die."
(d) "To the last of our rations."

4. Major Rudolph Barlow's surprise attack on an an Axis airfield discovered outside the city of Djedejida resulted in what?
(a) Capture through an Axis ambush.
(b) The destruction of over twenty German planes.
(c) The loss of Company C in a German counter attack.
(d) The destruction of the final remnants of the Italian Airforce.

5. 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) French troops threatened revolt.
(c) The position of the British above him in the command structure threatened French authority.
(d) The arrival of General Giraud threatened his new position.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was operation WATCHTOWER?

2. Upon being made Mussolini's deputy, what plan did Kesselring devise?

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

4. According to the author, what makes Medjez-el-Bab a strategically important location?

5. What was operation RESERVIST?

(see the answer key)

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