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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In contrast to other offensives, in the taking Safi, the U.S. sustained casualties considered:
(a) Excessive.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Minimal.
(d) Overwhelming.

3. What was operation WATCHTOWER?
(a) The first Allied counter-offensive against Japan at Guadalcanal.
(b) A covert mission to convince Vichy France to join the Allied cause.
(c) A pre-emptive strike by the Royal Air Force against North African Axis bases.
(d) The name of the original U.S. plan to attack Germany through France.

4. According to the author, the end of the cavalry era came not with a bang, but with:
(a) A dinner bell.
(b) A quiet retreat from a botched midnight excursion across Axis lines.
(c) A successful routing of an Italian regiment.
(d) The grinding of tank gears.

5. What did Eisenhower suspect of General Giraud?
(a) Cowardess.
(b) A bluff.
(c) Anti-semitism.
(d) Axis sympathies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose personal credo is: "Always do whatever you can to keep your superior from making a mistake."

3. 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?

4. What events occurred to the disappointment of Hitler around 1941?

5. America declared war on Germany upon:

(see the answer key)

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