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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. Where did the U.S. deception plans for TORCH suggest possible landing sites for the fleet?
(a) Scandinavia, France or the Middle East.
(b) China, Ethiopia or France.
(c) The Middle East, India or The Istrian Peninsula.
(d) France, Germany or Denmark.

2. What "huge, chairborn force" of more than 1,000 officers and 15,000 enlisted troops occupied 2,000 pieces of real estate in Algiers?
(a) OPEC
(b) AFHQ
(c) The United Nations
(d) The Luftewaffe

3. What knocked Major Robert Moore to the ground at the battle for Lambiridi?
(a) A ground mine.
(b) A gunshot that creased his helmet.
(c) A mortar shell that exploded six feet in front of his position.
(d) A stone thrown by French soldiers who had expended their ammunition.

4. The Allied success in Djedeida in November 1942 lead to what effect?
(a) The splitting of German forces into a north and south contingent.
(b) The addition of a sorely needed Allied port in Djedeida.
(c) Axis abandonment of Medjez-el-Bab and a general contraction of the Axis front line.
(d) The destruction of more than half the German tanks corp.

5. What written warning from superiors did Commander Terry Allen burn?
(a) That aircover would not be provided.
(b) That the French should not be considered hostile.
(c) That the French would show resolve in repelling the attack.
(d) That the British planned to outflank him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision by Rear Admiral Hewitt was considered "a brave decision, the decision of a commander," by Lord Lewis Mountbatten, the commander of British amphibious forces?

2. Whose personal credo is: "Always do whatever you can to keep your superior from making a mistake."

3. Upon being made Mussolini's deputy, what plan did Kesselring devise?

4. What kind of memorial fills the American military cemetery at Carthage to mark the graves of American troops?

5. The average number of deaths per day during the war averaged:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the coincidental presence of Admiral Darlan negatively effect the mission of Robert Murphy?

3. What domestic issues does the author suggest weighed on the President's mind in making the decision to move forward?

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

5. What considerations did Terry Allen cite in bypassing St. Cloud?

6. In Admiral Esteva's response to Hooker Doolittle that "they had better hurry up, because the others will be here within forty-eight hours," who is represented by 'they' and who is represented by 'the others.' And who won the race?

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

8. What particular naval skill in Hewitt know for?

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

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

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