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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the start of Chapter 7, which traveler was listed as 'Register Number 1.'
(a) President Roosevelt.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) General Alexander
(d) General Patton.

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

3. Ultra was able to intercept a German message that informed them the 21st Panzer Division had been ordered forward and that Sunday was to a-day for an operation by Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army. What vital piece of information was missing that would have better prepared the Allies?
(a) That the attack force was in fact much larger.
(b) That this attack had also been canceled.
(c) The location of the attack.
(d) That an unprecidented show of air superiority was also planned.

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

5. What opportunity had been lost through what was referred to as a poorly executed bad plan to take Fondouk gap?
(a) Preventing Messe's troops from reaching Tunis.
(b) Capturing Arnim.
(c) Capturing several air fields which would have resulted in Allied air superiority.
(d) Destroying Rommel's forces in a pinching move.

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

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

8. According to troops in Tunisia during the winter of 42-43, how did Stuka time and Spitfire time compare?
(a) Stuka time comprised most daylight hours while Spitfire time consisted of about a half hour.
(b) Stuka time was every hour, Spitfire time once a week.
(c) Spitfire time only interrupted tea.
(d) Stuka was sunrise to noon, Spitfire was noon to dusk.

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

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

11. How was SATIN a change in strategy for the Allies?
(a) It changed the objective from capturing Bizerte & Tunis to destroying Rommel's army.
(b) It placed emphasis on tank battle and resulted in the issuance of thousands of bazookas.
(c) It shifted the focus from a ground battle to an air and naval battle.
(d) It prioritized taking out Sicilian air bases and postponed the push for Tunis.

12. According to Bradley, what did the American military achieve in the battle of El Guettar in Mid-March 1943?
(a) The resolve that this was the last defeat we would stomach in the War for Africa.
(b) The seminal victory that shifted dominance in tank divisions from Germany to America.
(c) The first solid, indisputable defeat we inflicted on the Germany army in the war.
(d) That this win would result in the Hun soon learning to dislike this outfit.

13. The American route by Arnim was successful to the point of making Rommel's attack Morgenluft negligible. What strategic objective in Tebessa did Rommel have his eye on?
(a) The Pass.
(b) The Allied air fields.
(c) The supply depot.
(d) The AFHQ.

14. Drake's command "Bust the Balloon," meant what:
(a) Surrender.
(b) Decamp.
(c) Attack.
(d) Spike the guns.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What mistake did Anderson initially repeat at Fondouk gap?

3. According to Eisenhower, Fredendall was offered a 'soft landing' for what reason?

4. What was Fredendall's success in securing Faid Pass, Sened Station and Maknassy?

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

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