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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was stated as the reason for the decision to defer the advance on Tunis?
(a) A German re-supply.
(b) French political issues.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) American supply issues.

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

3. What strategic assessment did Arnim and Rommel agree on?
(a) That the high command should focus on air power first and tank power second.
(b) That high command must either provide sufficient supplies to the African armies or they would need to abandon Tunisia althogether.
(c) That indecisive Allied commanders would not take the offensive in 1943.
(d) That a 200 mile long bridgehead could be held without the assistance of Italian troops.

4. Of Montgomery's two attacks on Zarat and The Hoarseshoe, what were to results?
(a) Both attacks were successful and caused a German retreat.
(b) Only the Hoarshshow was a success.
(c) Only Zarat was a success.
(d) Both were routed by the Axis.

5. Rommel coined the phrase "Krieg ohne Hass" regarding the two years of war in the desert. What does it mean?
(a) War without hate.
(b) Ineffectual hate.
(c) Polite warfare.
(d) A battle of supply.

6. 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 no objectives.
(d) In securing Faid Pass but neither Sened Station or Maknassy.

7. Who made the following criticism: "The best way to describe our operations to date, is that they have violated every recognized principle of war, are in conflict with all operational and logistic methods laid down in textbooks, and will be condemned, in their entirety, by all Leavenworth and war college classes for the next twenty-five years."
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Pyle.
(d) Anderson.

8. 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.

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

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

11. According to the author, what subtle changes had started to become evident in American troops towards the end of 1942?
(a) Political accumen and hard resistence.
(b) Dispair and persistence.
(c) Fieldcraft and becoming hard-bitten.
(d) Complacence and ingratitude.

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

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

14. Did morale improve in II Corps under Patten?
(a) Yes, in part for his reputation.
(b) No, his overbearing nature increased pessimism.
(c) No, new regulations stifled morale.
(d) Yes, but perhaps in spite of him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What major engineering feat was undertaken in Speedy Valley, although it's strategic importance was questionable?

2. What order threatened the success of Rommel's push on Tebessa?

3. Who is the German aristocratic colonel captured by allies who later planned a bomb plot against Hitler?

4. General Sir Alan Brooke, chief of the Imperial General Staff, had strong opinions about Eisenhower. Which statement best represents his opinion?

5. Who was General Nehring replaced by?

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