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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany: April 2-30, 1945.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns?
(a) Artillery.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Shrapnel.

2. The day after Christmas in 1944, whose battalion broke through the German lines, providing much-needed food, supplies and support?
(a) General Patton's.
(b) General Smith's.
(c) General Taylor's.
(d) General McAuliffe's.

3. Who did the company officers consult with about their ultimatum in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944" who suggested they step down?
(a) Maxwell Davenport Taylor.
(b) Dick Winters.
(c) Salve H. Matheson.
(d) Henry Jones.

4. Who led the frontal assault while the machine gunners provided support on the German machine guns in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?
(a) Clarence Hester.
(b) Dick Winters.
(c) Oliver M. Horton.
(d) Robert L. Strayer

5. Captain Sobel was transferred to head a new what in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) Marksmanship school.
(b) Diving school.
(c) Parachute school.
(d) Grammar school.

Short Answer Questions

1. The platoon of how many men pushed back two companies of Germans in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?

2. When was Easy Company ordered to defend Bastogne?

3. What tanks arrived at Easy Company's location after the successful invasion on D-Day?

4. What did Winters lose when he landed in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?

5. The operation of eliminating the German battery contributed to the success of the beach invasion, as the location looked directly down upon what in Chapter Five, "Follow Me: Normandy, June 6, 1944"?

(see the answer key)

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