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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ward, Robinette and Dickson try to convince Fredendall, Eisenhower and Anderson of?
(a) That the Germans would attack, in concentration, in the North.
(b) That the Germans would not attack until Spring.
(c) That the Allies were arranged in a dangerous position that allowed flanking by the Axis.
(d) That the German attack would not strike at the North.

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

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

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

5. What plan did the British press on their American counterparts during the conference?
(a) To press for an immediate attack on Sicily and postpone the push on Tunis.
(b) To feed troops the the Russian front and start diplomatic talks with Italy.
(c) To redistribute troops for an attack on southern France and fight defensively in North Africa.
(d) The plan to postpone a frontal assault across the English Channel in favor of an attack on Italy or Southern France.

6. What example does the author give of McQuillin's suggested use of outdated military technology?
(a) Landmines made from bundled grenades.
(b) The construction of a catapult in homage to Hannibal.
(c) The use of homing pigeons to direct his forces on the front.
(d) The use of trip wires made from ration cans filled with rocks.

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

8. Which state was disproportionately hit with casualties in the War in North Africa?
(a) Michigan.
(b) California.
(c) Iowa.
(d) New York.

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

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

11. Fredendall's orders to Ward titled "Defense of Faid Position" were based on a poor knowledge of the area and threatened what prospect for the Allied forces?
(a) Concentrate the forces in the lowest point of the valley where Axis fire could be concentrated.
(b) To be marooned on two hills that were too far away from one another to offer any mutual support.
(c) Allied forces would be stuck in a battle of attrition that could not be won given their size.
(d) Forces would be spread in a long line that would offer multiple weak spots that would be difficult to fill.

12. Who was Bonnier de la Chapelle?
(a) An antifascist French monarchist.
(b) An innocent bystandard.
(c) A communist sympathiser from Algiers
(d) A fascist assasin from Spain.

13. What is Longstop?
(a) A key highway moving through a desert pass.
(b) A flanking technique utilzed by Allied tanks to break a blitzkreig.
(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.

14. What was Fruhlingswind?
(a) A plan to air drop 400 German and Italian troops behind enemy lines to take Speedy Valley.
(b) An attack by over 200 German tanks on Sidi bou Zid.
(c) A counter attack by German artillery on Sidi bou Zid.
(d) An attack by a concentration of Stutka's on Faid Pass.

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) The boring of a pair of immense, double-shafted tunnels to house the headquarters.
(c) A series of mobile bridge spans were prefabricated as rapid replacements for bridges Germans were expected to destroy in their retreat.
(d) An extensively camouflaged airway and underground bunker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the following after the drubbing in Sbeitla: "There is nothing wrong with the common American soldier. His fighting spirit is good. His morale is okay. The deeper he gets into a fight, the more of a fighting man he becomes."

3. By January 24th 1943, heavy French casualties and prisoner-of-war-losses prompted what important change of heart in the French command?

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

5. Of the 904 men Moore had led on a daring night escape, eventually, how many made it to safety?

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