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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The radio messages "batter up" and "play ball" meant what to the American fleet?
(a) Acknowledged French resistance and authorized retaliatory fire.
(b) Troops are landed and on the offensive.
(c) Air superiority was achieved and the landing could be made.
(d) Casablanca has been taken and forces are now to move East.

2. What was Fruhlingswind?
(a) An attack by a concentration of Stutka's on Faid Pass.
(b) An attack by over 200 German tanks on Sidi bou Zid.
(c) A plan to air drop 400 German and Italian troops behind enemy lines to take Speedy Valley.
(d) A counter attack by German artillery on Sidi bou Zid.

3. What plan did the British press on their American counterparts during the conference?
(a) To press for an immediate attack on Sicily and postpone the push on Tunis.
(b) The plan to postpone a frontal assault across the English Channel in favor of an attack on Italy or Southern France.
(c) To redistribute troops for an attack on southern France and fight defensively in North Africa.
(d) To feed troops the the Russian front and start diplomatic talks with Italy.

4. What went wrong with operation VILLAIN?
(a) German air raids delayed the departure.
(b) Only thirty-percent of planes made it past Axis defenses.
(c) Bad fuel caused several plane engines to seize in the air and forced crash landings in Spain.
(d) Bad weather with incorrectly timed and broadcasted beacons.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By January 24th 1943, heavy French casualties and prisoner-of-war-losses prompted what important change of heart in the French command?

3. North Africa is where the Allies agreed on a policy of:

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

5. Inspired by the quality of the food during the Torch voyage, the 13th Armored Regiment suggested changing their battle cry to what?

(see the answer key)

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