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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rear Admiral Bennett, the RESERVIST plan was:
(a) "A moral building excercise."
(b) "Excessive."
(c) "Suicidal and absolutely unsound."
(d) "Strategically unimportant to winning the war."

2. According to troops in Tunisia during the winter of 42-43, how did Stuka time and Spitfire time compare?
(a) Stuka time comprised most daylight hours while Spitfire time consisted of about a half hour.
(b) Stuka was sunrise to noon, Spitfire was noon to dusk.
(c) Stuka time was every hour, Spitfire time once a week.
(d) Spitfire time only interrupted tea.

3. How was SATIN a change in strategy for the Allies?
(a) It shifted the focus from a ground battle to an air and naval battle.
(b) It placed emphasis on tank battle and resulted in the issuance of thousands of bazookas.
(c) It changed the objective from capturing Bizerte & Tunis to destroying Rommel's army.
(d) It prioritized taking out Sicilian air bases and postponed the push for Tunis.

4. The Tine River Valley, where Luftwaffe pilots were attacking about once per hour, was nicknamed what by the troops of the 1st Battalion?
(a) The Firing Range.
(b) The Mess.
(c) Happy Valley.
(d) Uncle Adolf's.

5. Where did the U.S. deception plans for TORCH suggest possible landing sites for the fleet?
(a) The Middle East, India or The Istrian Peninsula.
(b) France, Germany or Denmark.
(c) China, Ethiopia or France.
(d) Scandinavia, France or the Middle East.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major engineering feat was undertaken in Speedy Valley, although it's strategic importance was questionable?

2. Of the 904 men Moore had led on a daring night escape, eventually, how many made it to safety?

3. Major Rudolph Barlow's surprise attack on an an Axis airfield discovered outside the city of Djedejida resulted in what?

4. What impasse was surmounted in the deliberations in Casablanca that helped lead to an agreed upon plan to win the war?

5. Does the author consider RESERVIST a success?

(see the answer key)

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