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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 Rear Admiral Bennett, the RESERVIST plan was:
(a) "Strategically unimportant to winning the war."
(b) "Excessive."
(c) "A moral building excercise."
(d) "Suicidal and absolutely unsound."

2. What promise did General Patton make to the President of the United States in the presence of Rear Admiral Hewitt?
(a) "We will make the crossing without the loss of a single boat."
(b) "The French will capitulate quickly."
(c) "I will leave the beaches either a conqueror or a corpse."
(d) "I will ride into battle on horseback."

3. What medal did Rear Admiral Hewitt win in World War I?
(a) The Navy Cross for Heroism.
(b) The Purple Heart.
(c) A Medal of Honor.
(d) The rank of Admiral.

4. What was Leedstown?
(a) The Allied name for the supply depot built in Algiers.
(b) An upgraded English tank thought to be more conducive to desert warfare.
(c) The U.S.S. Leedstown was the first victim of the Luftwaffe in the North African campaign.
(d) The English city from which the bulk of the Royal Airforce departed for Africa.

5. Old Ironsides was both the only tank division to see desert battle in WWII, and:
(a) The only tank division trained in amphibious assault.
(b) The only tank division to receive no desert training.
(c) The only tank division equipped with radios.
(d) The only tank division manned by volunteers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the winter of 1942, which Nation proved the dominant Air force in North Africa?

2. Upon the capitulation of the French, what 'natural order' was quickly re-established?

3. What was operation RESERVIST?

4. What plan did Colonel Frank Greer suggest that was countermanded by Terry Allen?

5. Who traveled to Gibraltar under the nom de guerre of "General Howe."

Short Essay Questions

1. What locations did the Allies use as a rouse for the destination of Hewitt's fleet and Task force 34, and what deception plans did they use to that end?

2. What was the building the Allies referred to as the Kasbah?

3. What caused the airplanes in Operation VILLAIN to miss their targets?

4. Although Eisenhower professed "a violent hatred of the Axis and all that is stands for," the author doubts this. What does both Eisenhower and the American troops generally lack through much of the North Africa War?

5. What personal knowledge made Mark Clark a dangerous leader for a covert mission behind enemy lines?

6. On November 27th, the First Argyles were ambushed on Highway 7. What basic precautions did forsake that might have saved them from being surprised?

7. What is Rear Admiral Hewitt's concept of Velvet?

8. What was the motto of the Big Red One?

9. Allied ground troops were skeptical of the Allied air force's ability to discriminate between them and the Germans. What incident does the author use to illustrate this mistrust?

10. Even after the attack on Pearl Harbor, why did Roosevelt believe 'Germany First' was the proper strategy?

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