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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who made the following statement: "It is pardonable to be defeated, but unpardonable to be surprised."
(a) Morre.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Drake.
(d) Luttrell.

2. What was Djebel el Rhar?
(a) A slightly lower crest to Djebel el Ahmera.
(b) A deep defile with no possibility of crossing it.
(c) A fortified tower manned by Italian troops.
(d) A desert river bed and useful hiding spot.

3. What did the German's rename Longstop?
(a) Little Big Horn.
(b) Rommel's Pen.
(c) New Year Valley.
(d) Christmas Hill.

4. Of the 904 men Moore had led on a daring night escape, eventually, how many made it to safety?
(a) Approximately 200.
(b) Approximately 750.
(c) Approximately 430.
(d) Approximately 150.

5. What order threatened the success of Rommel's push on Tebessa?
(a) To attack East but only as far as Le Kef.
(b) Only half the tanks requested were allotted to the task.
(c) Repositioning the force futher to the north.
(d) The order to cancel air support.

6. What criticism does the author make of Speedy Valley during the course of Furlingswind?
(a) That there was no sense of urgency.
(b) That the reluctance to acknowledge the route resulted in too many Allied deaths.
(c) That panic reigned.
(d) That they believed their own misinformation.

7. What command did Patton order of Ward in the taking of the Maknassy Heights?
(a) To retreat to Macknassy and await his replacement.
(b) To hit it with everything he had and not to return alive if it isn't taken.
(c) To lead the attack personally and not return until he had taken it.
(d) To fight to the last man, including himself.

8. Ultra was able to intercept a German message that informed them the 21st Panzer Division had been ordered forward and that Sunday was to a-day for an operation by Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army. What vital piece of information was missing that would have better prepared the Allies?
(a) That the attack force was in fact much larger.
(b) That an unprecidented show of air superiority was also planned.
(c) The location of the attack.
(d) That this attack had also been canceled.

9. According to Eisenhower, Fredendall was offered a 'soft landing' for what reason?
(a) To help mask the degree of their loses.
(b) To keep him in the back pocket.
(c) To avoid shaking public confidence in the high command.
(d) To improve troop morale.

10. What did the H.M.S. Bulolo deliver to Casablanca to assist the British in their cause?
(a) A group of captured German informers with specific details on Axis plans.
(b) A war room filled with planning studies bound in red leather dispatch folders.
(c) 400 cases of champagne.
(d) A special forces troop to demostrate new machinery and tactics to make a cross channel landing.

11. In the April fight for El Guettar, Patton lost which personal friend?
(a) General Terry Allen, his favored commander.
(b) Lt. Colonel John Waters.
(c) Captain Richard Jenson, his favorite aide.
(d) Major General Bradley.

12. The code name OCHSENKOPF stands for what?
(a) Tiger Trap.
(b) Ram Horn.
(c) Ox Head.
(d) Eight Fronts.

13. According to the author, what mistake did Ward make after taking Sened station and Maknassy.
(a) He held in Maknassy instead of moving on the Highway 14 gap.
(b) He defied orders by continuing to move down the highway into a German ambush.
(c) Launched an attack on the Highway 14 gap to the urging of a French liaison officer.
(d) Spread his forces across the valley instead of consolidating his forces in Maknassy.

14. What did Arnim do to undermine Rommel's attack on Le Kef and his designees on Tebessa?
(a) Withheld any air cover.
(b) Withheld half of the 10th Panzer division's tanks.
(c) Required him attack on a more circuitous route.
(d) Withheld the 7th Artillery division.

15. What major engineering feat was undertaken in Speedy Valley, although it's strategic importance was questionable?
(a) The creating of a tank-proof moat surrounding the headquarters.
(b) A series of mobile bridge spans were prefabricated as rapid replacements for bridges Germans were expected to destroy in their retreat.
(c) An extensively camouflaged airway and underground bunker.
(d) The boring of a pair of immense, double-shafted tunnels to house the headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two passes did the Germans utilize in operation Fruhlingswind?

2. In what state did General Harold Alexander find the Allied command?

3. Of Montgomery's two attacks on Zarat and The Hoarseshoe, what were to results?

4. What did Ward, Robinette and Dickson try to convince Fredendall, Eisenhower and Anderson of?

5. Which high ranking American commander was captured in operation Furlingswind?

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