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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. America declared war on Germany upon:
(a) The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
(b) When German troops unfurled an enormous Swastika flag from the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris.
(c) The advance of German troops into Poland.
(d) When the Italian government declared war on France and Britain.

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

3. What hunch of Eisenhower's in regards to General Giraud looks to be accurate?
(a) That Giraud was an Axis spy.
(b) That Giraud was waiting out the results of TORCH before committing to the Allied cause.
(c) That he would not settle for less than being appointed Commander-in-Chief of all Allied forces.
(d) That Giraud was following orders from Petain after all.

4. What event did the President of the United States hope the invasion of North Africa would precede?
(a) Congressional Elections.
(b) The Fourth of July.
(c) The Christmas holiday.
(d) The six month mark from the date of declaring war against Japan.

5. What political arrangement with the French particularly caused a public outcry in both the U.S. and Britain?
(a) Giraud's promotion to Commander-in-Chief.
(b) Supply of French.
(c) The Darlan deal.
(d) Amnesty for Petain.

6. Whose personal credo is: "Always do whatever you can to keep your superior from making a mistake."
(a) Lt. General George Patton.
(b) Major General J.S. Nichols.
(c) Colonel Paul Robinett.
(d) Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

7. According to the author, what strategic mistake was repeated at the port of Algiers in operation TERMINAL?
(a) Assuming heavy French resistance.
(b) A frontal assault.
(c) The launch of a weak pre-emptive strike.
(d) A poorly planned air raid.

8. What was Leedstown?
(a) The English city from which the bulk of the Royal Airforce departed for Africa.
(b) The U.S.S. Leedstown was the first victim of the Luftwaffe in the North African campaign.
(c) An upgraded English tank thought to be more conducive to desert warfare.
(d) The Allied name for the supply depot built in Algiers.

9. TORCH is considered by the author to have been:
(a) "Poorly planned but excellently executed."
(b) "Primarily a diversionary tactic to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union."
(c) "The most daring amphibious operation in the history of modern warfare."
(d) "The single worst tactical decision of the war."

10. What written warning from superiors did Commander Terry Allen burn?
(a) That aircover would not be provided.
(b) That the British planned to outflank him.
(c) That the French should not be considered hostile.
(d) That the French would show resolve in repelling the attack.

11. What kind of memorial fills the American military cemetery at Carthage to mark the graves of American troops?
(a) Simple marble markers.
(b) Several granite obelisks.
(c) One large marble tomb.
(d) Catacombs.

12. 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) Marshal Petain sacked Darlan as his military commander and repudiated the agreement.
(c) The position of the British above him in the command structure threatened French authority.
(d) French troops threatened revolt.

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

14. Upon the capitulation of the French, what 'natural order' was quickly re-established?
(a) Mutual distrust.
(b) Franco-American amity.
(c) British generalship.
(d) French superiority.

15. According to the author, the end of the cavalry era came not with a bang, but with:
(a) The grinding of tank gears.
(b) A dinner bell.
(c) A successful routing of an Italian regiment.
(d) A quiet retreat from a botched midnight excursion across Axis lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "huge, chairborn force" of more than 1,000 officers and 15,000 enlisted troops occupied 2,000 pieces of real estate in Algiers?

2. The average number of deaths per day during the war averaged:

3. What new piece of highly effective German equipment was introduced in the battle of November 26th in the Tine Valley?

4. While Patton was made a national hero in taking Casablanca, which defects were also revealed, according to the author?

5. Rommel was rewarded the Field Marshal's Baton for:

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