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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strategic assessment did Arnim and Rommel agree on?
(a) That a 200 mile long bridgehead could be held without the assistance of Italian troops.
(b) That high command must either provide sufficient supplies to the African armies or they would need to abandon Tunisia althogether.
(c) That the high command should focus on air power first and tank power second.
(d) That indecisive Allied commanders would not take the offensive in 1943.

2. How many platoons had Eisenhower commanded in battle prior to the start of World War II?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

3. Which hill was rightly considered by Bradley to be the lynch pin to Axis defenses?
(a) Hill 609.
(b) Zaghouan.
(c) Enfidaville.
(d) Dj Bou Kournine.

4. What rouse did the French employ when repairing the gun turret on the Jean Bart?
(a) They left the guns cockeyed.
(b) They pumped smoke from the top of the turret suggesting fire on board.
(c) They allowed the ship to sink several feet.
(d) They camouflaged the gun turret with wreckage from other ships.

5. Rommel coined the phrase "Krieg ohne Hass" regarding the two years of war in the desert. What does it mean?
(a) Ineffectual hate.
(b) War without hate.
(c) A battle of supply.
(d) Polite warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was General Everlegh confident would fall before the end of Christmas Day?

2. Against the wishes of his generals, the president of the United States canceled which plan in preference for a North African invasion?

3. How was SATIN a change in strategy for the Allies?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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