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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Longstop?
(a) A flanking technique utilzed by Allied tanks to break a blitzkreig.
(b) A key highway moving through a desert pass.
(c) The code name of the Allied attempt to take the Medjerda valley.
(d) A hill in the Medjerda valley offering a strategic vantage point, named after a cricket term.

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

3. Terry Allen tipped the Allied hand regarding Ultra by doing what?
(a) Under a temporary truce, delivered copies of the intercepts to Rommel in hopes Rommel would surrender.
(b) Flaunted the fact in front of a German capture who later escaped.
(c) In retreating, left the code book which was captured.
(d) Broadcasted a message to the Germans over a 10th Panzer radio frequency.

4. What aspect of command played an important part in the Axis' stalling operation OCHSENKOPF?
(a) Hitler's distractions in Russia.
(b) Arnim's pessimism.
(c) Kesselring's optimism.
(d) Rommel's risk taking.

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

6. Why did Ward disagree with the decision to take Sened station?
(a) It was widely considered a suicide mission.
(b) It split his force in four ways.
(c) It gave away their intentions of striking at Maknassy.
(d) It could be taken by a smaller, closer, force.

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

8. Which Kiwi General was known as "the salamander of the British empire," and called "Tiny" by his troops?
(a) Lieutenant General Bernard Freyberg.
(b) General Harold Alexander.
(c) General Joseph Stillwell.
(d) General Bernard Montgomery.

9. What strategic mistake did Fredendall make in regards to Faid Pass?
(a) Delayed for two days which allowed German troops to dig in.
(b) Used half measures to counter attack there in order to focus on less strategically important battles.
(c) Ignored Anderson's order to 'make things right' there, even though it was a pass of little consequence.
(d) Issued orders of extreme complexity that confused the front.

10. What was Fredendall's success in securing Faid Pass, Sened Station and Maknassy?
(a) In securing no objectives.
(b) In securing all objectives.
(c) In securing Maknassy and Sened Station both, but losing Faid Pass
(d) In securing Faid Pass but neither Sened Station or Maknassy.

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

12. 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) Withheld the 7th Artillery division.
(d) Required him attack on a more circuitous route.

13. What was done to mollify Eisenhowers' indignation at the changes made to command structure at the Casablanca conference?
(a) A detailed plan for improving troop provisioning was installed.
(b) The RAF provided an additional 100 aircraft and the promise of air superiority.
(c) He was given another star.
(d) The French were removed from all high level command positions.

14. Of the Fifty-two Sherman tanks caught in the German attack Fruhlingswind how many survived?
(a) 6.
(b) 24.
(c) 0.
(d) 12.

15. Who said the following: "...infantry, like whiskey, loses potency when diluted."
(a) Ernie Pyle.
(b) Ernest Hemmingway.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Major General Terry Allen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impasse was surmounted in the deliberations in Casablanca that helped lead to an agreed upon plan to win the war?

2. What strategic assessment did Arnim and Rommel agree on?

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

4. What two defects in planning for Longstop does the author point out?

5. What was Djebel el Rhar?

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