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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the battle of Gafsa?
(a) Three days.
(b) 12 hours and thirty minutes.
(c) Exactly 24 hours.
(d) Only a few hours.

2. Hitler reinforced Tunis because of what realization, according to the author?
(a) That North Africa could be used as a platform for the invasion of southern Europe.
(b) That the American claim to plan a landing on the shores of Normandy was a rouse.
(c) That Italy would not be able to adequately face the size of the Allied force there.
(d) That the Vichy French alliance had collapsed.

3. 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 Mess.
(b) Happy Valley.
(c) Uncle Adolf's.
(d) The Firing Range.

4. Who did the American contingent meet in Cherchel?
(a) Benito Mussolini, Commander General of the Italian Africorps.
(b) The Desert Fox.
(c) General Henri Giraud, a senior general capable of uniting the French cause.
(d) General Mast, the French commander of the Vichy army's XIX Corps.

5. What kind of attack was it that injured Robinett and forced him to relinquish his command?
(a) Tank.
(b) Air.
(c) Artillery.
(d) Ambush.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of the Fifty-two Sherman tanks caught in the German attack Fruhlingswind how many survived?

3. What encounter occurred on November 26th, one day after the successful raid on the airport in Djedeida, between newly outfitted Panzers and John Water's First Battalion, and is considered a 'draw' by the author?

4. Upon the capitulation of the French, what 'natural order' was quickly re-established?

5. Upon taking Oran what did the Allies immediately set to converting it to?

(see the answer key)

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