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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, many American officers were concerned that the British war plan was:
(a) An attempt to curb French ambitions as well as those of the Germans.
(b) Too bold by far, under-manned by half.
(c) To draw out the war to further London's imperial ambitions.
(d) Too consolidated and misdirected in that it attacked only one Axis.

3. North Africa is where the Allies agreed on a policy of:
(a) Unconditional surrender.
(b) Military autonomy.
(c) Detente.
(d) Blitzkrieg.

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

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

6. What promise did General Patton make to the President of the United States in the presence of Rear Admiral Hewitt?
(a) "I will leave the beaches either a conqueror or a corpse."
(b) "We will make the crossing without the loss of a single boat."
(c) "The French will capitulate quickly."
(d) "I will ride into battle on horseback."

7. What did Allen determine to do instead of following Colonel Greer's suggestion?
(a) Bypass St. Cloud.
(b) Concentrate his troops and make one desperate last push.
(c) Bifurcate the city with tanks and take the high ground first.
(d) Use air support and cover of night to take out specific enemy installations.

8. What did Eisenhower suspect of General Giraud?
(a) A bluff.
(b) Axis sympathies.
(c) Anti-semitism.
(d) Cowardess.

9. What event on November 27 in Toulon represents "one of the greatest acts of self-immolation in military history," according to the author.
(a) The destruction of all American Stuart tanks at the front to be replaced by General Lee's.
(b) Vichy French high command destroyed their own defensive installations as a sign of faith to the Fascist cause.
(c) Rather than losing another airfield to Allied forces, Germans destroyed 40 of their own planes and fuel reserves.
(d) The scuttling of the Vichy French fleet.

10. What was Leedstown?
(a) The Allied name for the supply depot built in Algiers.
(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 English city from which the bulk of the Royal Airforce departed for Africa.

11. What maps of Morocco were stowed into the holds of the American fleet heading out for TORCH?
(a) Copies of stolen maps from the Germans.
(b) Maps developed by the British Secret Service.
(c) Michelin road maps.
(d) The Encyclopedia Britannica.

12. What was General Giraud's stated expectation upon reaching Gibraltar?
(a) To assume the responsibility of preparing a beach assault in Normandy.
(b) To be awarded the rank of Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
(c) To assume command of all Allied forces.
(d) To be shipped directly to North Africa where he would inspire the Vichy French forces to join the Allied cause.

13. What was the first town to be captured by the Allies?
(a) Arzew.
(b) Oran.
(c) Casablanca.
(d) Tangiers.

14. What plan did Colonel Frank Greer suggest that was countermanded by Terry Allen?
(a) Utilize the hill as a defilade and wait for tank support.
(b) A creeping artillery barrage through the town of St. Cloud.
(c) Circle the town and cut if off from it's supply of troops from Oran.
(d) A building by building guerrilla campaign by infantry.

15. Why did Darlan revoke his order announcing to all French troops that further battle was futile?
(a) French troops threatened revolt.
(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) The arrival of General Giraud threatened his new position.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Allen, why does a soldier fight?

2. What decision by Rear Admiral Hewitt was considered "a brave decision, the decision of a commander," by Lord Lewis Mountbatten, the commander of British amphibious forces?

3. According to the author, North Africa is where the Axis forever lost:

4. What was Robert Murphy's mission in Algiers?

5. According to the author, what was operation VILLAIN?

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