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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. North Africa is where the Allies agreed on a policy of:
(a) Detente.
(b) Military autonomy.
(c) Blitzkrieg.
(d) Unconditional surrender.

2. What political arrangement with the French particularly caused a public outcry in both the U.S. and Britain?
(a) Supply of French.
(b) Amnesty for Petain.
(c) Giraud's promotion to Commander-in-Chief.
(d) The Darlan deal.

3. What excuse did Patton cite for disobeying orders regarding the planned bombardment of Casablanca.
(a) Lack of assumed air superiority.
(b) Excessive enemy resistance.
(c) Pressure from U boats in the channel.
(d) Bulky communications.

4. What was Leedstown?
(a) The English city from which the bulk of the Royal Airforce departed for Africa.
(b) The Allied name for the supply depot built in Algiers.
(c) An upgraded English tank thought to be more conducive to desert warfare.
(d) The U.S.S. Leedstown was the first victim of the Luftwaffe in the North African campaign.

5. What best describes the enemy structure referred to as the 'Kasbah' by Americans?
(a) A beach resort used as a French command center.
(b) A sixteenth-century Portuguese fortress.
(c) A large barn temporarily used as U.S. Army barracks.
(d) A tower originally built during the crusades now used by a nest of snipers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was operation SYMBOL?

2. 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?

3. What nickname for Eisenhower did the War Department try to suppress?

4. What kind of memorial fills the American military cemetery at Carthage to mark the graves of American troops?

5. What was operation RESERVIST?

(see the answer key)

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