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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plan did the British press on their American counterparts during the conference?
(a) To redistribute troops for an attack on southern France and fight defensively in North Africa.
(b) To press for an immediate attack on Sicily and postpone the push on Tunis.
(c) To feed troops the the Russian front and start diplomatic talks with Italy.
(d) The plan to postpone a frontal assault across the English Channel in favor of an attack on Italy or Southern France.

2. According to the author, what significant change occurred in the relationship between the Allies over the course of the campaign?
(a) Vichy France betrayed their agreement with Germany by refusing to fight Americans.
(b) Britain slipped into the role of a junior partner to America.
(c) America formed an immediate bond with Britain.
(d) Italy sided with the Allies.

3. Who was Bonnier de la Chapelle?
(a) An innocent bystandard.
(b) A communist sympathiser from Algiers
(c) An antifascist French monarchist.
(d) A fascist assasin from Spain.

4. A British Tommy is quoted as saying:
(a) "The last war was a war to end war. This war's to start 'em up again."
(b) "To the victor, go the spoils."
(c) "Through France passes our shortest route to the Heart of Germany."
(d) "No guts. No glory."

5. On January 1, 1942, twenty-six countries signed an agreement to forswear any separate peace without mutual concurrence and to make a common cause of "life, liberty independence, and religious freedom, and to preserve the rights of man and justice." This group of nations called themselves:
(a) The Allies.
(b) NAFTA.
(c) The International Democratic Union.
(d) The United Nations.

Short Answer Questions

1. The War department realized that, for combat effectiveness, divisions should not be left in the line longer than how many days?

2. According to the author, what strategic mistake was repeated at the port of Algiers in operation TERMINAL?

3. Based on a supposed indifference to civil liberties, unfair suggestions in the newspapers painted Eisenhower as what?

4. Who traveled to Gibraltar under the nom de guerre of "General Howe."

5. Hitler reinforced Tunis because of what realization, according to the author?

(see the answer key)

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