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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. The signal "Advance Napoleon," was issues by Eisenhower which indicated what to the troops readying operation VILLAIN?
(a) To carry out Plan D and expect a hostile reception by the French.
(b) To carry out Plan C and expect to be dropped behind enemy lines.
(c) To carry out Plan B and expect a hostile reception by the French.
(d) To carry out Plan B and expect a docile reception by the French.

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) The Luftewaffe
(b) AFHQ
(c) The United Nations
(d) OPEC

3. According to the author, General Patton had condensed his extensive study of history and military art down to one manifesto. What was it?
(a) "Establish a unified front and push until their back is against the wall."
(b) "Violent attacks everywhere with everything."
(c) "Divide and conquer."
(d) "Survival in battle is for the lucky; it's a soldier's duty to die."

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

5. According to General Patten, it was his expectation of an officer to:
(a) Lead from the rear and let the troops do the fighting.
(b) Move ahead.
(c) Spread chaos through the destruction of civilian property.
(d) Defer to their British counterparts.

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. While information on the attack was slow to come into headquarters, Eisenhower did not believe which report:

3. What is Ultra?

4. September 1, 1939 marked the first day of a war that would last approximately:

5. According to the author, what makes Medjez-el-Bab a strategically important location?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Brigadier General Ted Roosevelt.

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Admiral Darlan did capitulate and surrender Algiers, but what order was he reluctant to make?

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

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