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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What went wrong with operation VILLAIN?
(a) German air raids delayed the departure.
(b) Only thirty-percent of planes made it past Axis defenses.
(c) Bad weather with incorrectly timed and broadcasted beacons.
(d) Bad fuel caused several plane engines to seize in the air and forced crash landings in Spain.

2. The radio messages "batter up" and "play ball" meant what to the American fleet?
(a) Acknowledged French resistance and authorized retaliatory fire.
(b) Casablanca has been taken and forces are now to move East.
(c) Troops are landed and on the offensive.
(d) Air superiority was achieved and the landing could be made.

3. Rommel was rewarded the Field Marshal's Baton for:
(a) Successfully capturing Stalingrad, Russia.
(b) A successful Blitskrieg against massed French loyalists in Paris.
(c) His success in routing French forces from the Suez Canal.
(d) Capturing 30,000 British Commonwealth troops in Tobruk, Libya.

4. According to the author, about how much of his time did Eisenhower spend worrying about political issues at the expense of the Allied cause?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 3/5.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 3/4.

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

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

7. In the winter of 1942, which Nation proved the dominant Air force in North Africa?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) Britain.
(d) France.

8. Who wrote: "Would God I might die with my sword in hand / Ringed by dead foes all around."
(a) General George Patton.
(b) Commander Terry Allen.
(c) Brigadier General Ted Roosevelt.
(d) Ike.

9. The average number of deaths per day during the war averaged:
(a) 9,600.
(b) 12,600.
(c) 27,600.
(d) 7,600.

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

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

12. The General Lee is described by the author as: "double the Stuart's weight, with a 75mm gun in the hull, a 35mm squirrel rifle in the turret, and four machine guns." What did the author describe as it's flaws?
(a) Terrible range, accuracy and weakness from behind.
(b) Lack of forward armor, speed and maneuverability.
(c) Height, the large gun could traverse only a couple degrees and was set too low.
(d) Too wide for city streets, poor at sand travel and expensive.

13. The shortages of necessities at the outset of Anderson's push East, inspired this quote: "The most important thing is never to be apart from your:
(a) Spoon.
(b) Rations.
(c) Radio.
(d) Unit.

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

15. Where did the U.S. deception plans for TORCH suggest possible landing sites for the fleet?
(a) France, Germany or Denmark.
(b) The Middle East, India or The Istrian Peninsula.
(c) Scandinavia, France or the Middle East.
(d) China, Ethiopia or France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two issues particularly occupied the minds of the American strategists planning Torch?

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

3. What knocked Major Robert Moore to the ground at the battle for Lambiridi?

4. What promise did General Patton make to the President of the United States in the presence of Rear Admiral Hewitt?

5. According to General Patten, it was his expectation of an officer to:

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