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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 hill in the Medjerda valley offering a strategic vantage point, named after a cricket term.
(c) The code name of the Allied attempt to take the Medjerda valley.
(d) A key highway moving through a desert pass.

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

3. What battle was referred to as "the first perfect battle" for the Allies?
(a) Medenine.
(b) Kesserine.
(c) Tebaga Gap.
(d) Matmata.

4. How long was the battle of Gafsa?
(a) 12 hours and thirty minutes.
(b) Only a few hours.
(c) Exactly 24 hours.
(d) Three days.

5. What was the consequence of the 'unconditional surrender' statement, according to the author?
(a) International condemnation.
(b) It likely prolonged the war by three years.
(c) It resulted in stronger resistance from the Axis forces.
(d) It provided a moral lode star.

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

7. 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 redistribute troops for an attack on southern France and fight defensively in North Africa.
(c) The plan to postpone a frontal assault across the English Channel in favor of an attack on Italy or Southern France.
(d) To feed troops the the Russian front and start diplomatic talks with Italy.

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

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

10. Who did Montgomery have a picture of above his desk?
(a) Churchill.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) Rommel.

11. The War department realized that, for combat effectiveness, divisions should not be left in the line longer than how many days?
(a) Fifty to Sixty.
(b) Thrity to Forty.
(c) Twenty to Thirty.
(d) Forty to Fifty.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was SATIN a change in strategy for the Allies?

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

4. What was Fruhlingswind?

5. Who made the following statement: "It is pardonable to be defeated, but unpardonable to be surprised."

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