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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Patton's II Corps had reached 88,473 men, the author notes that this is exactly the same size as what other American force?
(a) General Lee's force in the Mexican-American War.
(b) The combined forces of the troops who fought at Gettysburg.
(c) Sherman's army in Carolina at the end of the Civil War.
(d) General George Washington's force at Valley Forge.

2. Which two passes did the Germans utilize in operation Fruhlingswind?
(a) Hatab Pass and Maizila Pass.
(b) Faid Pass and Bir el Hafey Pass.
(c) Faid Pass and Maizila Pass.
(d) Maizila Pass and El Fekka Pass.

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

4. In what state did General Harold Alexander find the Allied command?
(a) Disorganized without a policy or a plan.
(b) Despondent and lacking resolve.
(c) In full retreat.
(d) Organized and poised for the offensive.

5. What two defects in planning for Longstop does the author point out?
(a) Expected tanks to take steep terrain and attacked with insufficient force.
(b) Underestimated the size of the enemy and misread the terrain.
(c) Used green troops and insufficient artillery.
(d) Placed artillery too distant for accuracy and turned down air support.

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

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

8. 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.

9. Who is the German aristocratic colonel captured by allies who later planned a bomb plot against Hitler?
(a) Claus von Stauffenberg.
(b) Hans-Jurgen von Arnim.
(c) Herman Goring.
(d) Joseph S. Frelinghuysen.

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

11. 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) In retreating, left the code book which was captured.
(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.

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

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

14. Eisenhower promoted Clark to take command of the new 5th Army, who filled the vacancy to command II Corps?
(a) General Harold Alexander.
(b) General George S. Patton.
(c) Major General Omar N. Bradley.
(d) Major General Lloyd Fredendall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the battle of Gafsa?

2. What was Fruhlingswind?

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

4. According to the author, what mistake did Ward make after taking Sened station and Maknassy.

5. What plan did the British press on their American counterparts during the conference?

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