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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what strategic mistake was repeated at the port of Algiers in operation TERMINAL?
(a) The launch of a weak pre-emptive strike.
(b) A poorly planned air raid.
(c) Assuming heavy French resistance.
(d) A frontal assault.

2. Whose personal credo is: "Always do whatever you can to keep your superior from making a mistake."
(a) Colonel Paul Robinett.
(b) Lt. General George Patton.
(c) Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
(d) Major General J.S. Nichols.

3. What two particular subjects did Mark Clark know of that would have made him a valuable capture for the Axis Cause?
(a) French allies and Italian conspirators.
(b) The identity of several British spies and details of TORCH.
(c) The two airbases used to cover the landing.
(d) Details of TORCH and Ultra.

4. What was the plan for integrating U.S. units into British lead military organizations?
(a) New U.S. troops were sent to England for specialist training.
(b) No plan existed.
(c) Units would be on a four week rotation.
(d) Select troops were permanently assigned.

5. What best describes the enemy structure referred to as the 'Kasbah' by Americans?
(a) A beach resort used as a French command center.
(b) A large barn temporarily used as U.S. Army barracks.
(c) A tower originally built during the crusades now used by a nest of snipers.
(d) A sixteenth-century Portuguese fortress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What knocked Major Robert Moore to the ground at the battle for Lambiridi?

2. What event on November 27 in Toulon represents "one of the greatest acts of self-immolation in military history," according to the author.

3. What written warning from superiors did Commander Terry Allen burn?

4. What political arrangement with the French particularly caused a public outcry in both the U.S. and Britain?

5. How many platoons had Eisenhower commanded in battle prior to the start of World War II?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the unusual mortar round fired by American troops landing at Arzew.

2. In planning for the war, what risky initial American strategy did the British succeed in overturning?

3. An aspect of TORCH that affected each layer of command was a lack of information about how the coordinated effort was going. According to the author, how was Patton's approach to this ambiguity different?

4. What was the reasoning behind the American request that almost no British troops take part in the initial TORCH landings?

5. What is Rear Admiral Hewitt's personal motto?

6. How did America support the Allied cause before formally joining the war?

7. In the aftermath of the German attack on Medjez-el-Bab, McGinnis is relieved from Duty. Why?

8. Describe 'the Boy Captain' Robert R. Moore.

9. Describe the American military cemetery at Carthage, Tunisia.

10. In addition to arranging a bridge head around Tunis, what did Kesselring order his lieutenants to plan?

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