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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 the author, many American officers were concerned that the British war plan was:
(a) To draw out the war to further London's imperial ambitions.
(b) Too bold by far, under-manned by half.
(c) An attempt to curb French ambitions as well as those of the Germans.
(d) Too consolidated and misdirected in that it attacked only one Axis.

2. Why did Darlan revoke his order announcing to all French troops that further battle was futile?
(a) The arrival of General Giraud threatened his new position.
(b) French troops threatened revolt.
(c) The position of the British above him in the command structure threatened French authority.
(d) Marshal Petain sacked Darlan as his military commander and repudiated the agreement.

3. What is Longstop?
(a) The code name of the Allied attempt to take the Medjerda valley.
(b) A flanking technique utilzed by Allied tanks to break a blitzkreig.
(c) A key highway moving through a desert pass.
(d) A hill in the Medjerda valley offering a strategic vantage point, named after a cricket term.

4. Upon taking Oran what did the Allies immediately set to converting it to?
(a) The largest airbase in North Africa.
(b) A boot camp where British and American troops would be trained together.
(c) A vast supply depot.
(d) The Allies' primary naval station.

5. General Georges Barre was the only Vichy French commander to refuse to kowtow to the Germans. What did he do?
(a) Fled the city for the desert in the south.
(b) Stormed the Axis command post.
(c) Led a foiled attack against the palace of the bey.
(d) Sidled westward into Tunisia's wild hills to await developements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Service d'Ordre Legionnaire, whom Terry Allen came up against in the battle for St. Cloud?

2. Where did the U.S. deception plans for TORCH suggest possible landing sites for the fleet?

3. The signal "Advance Napoleon," was issues by Eisenhower which indicated what to the troops readying operation VILLAIN?

4. What event on November 27 in Toulon represents "one of the greatest acts of self-immolation in military history," according to the author.

5. What aspect of command played an important part in the Axis' stalling operation OCHSENKOPF?

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