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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. After some time in London in Chapter Seven, "Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne: July 13-September 16, 1944," men such as Gordon and who returned to Easy Company?
(a) Sergeant Talbert.
(b) Corporal McClung.
(c) Lieutenant Peacock.
(d) Lieutenant Brewer.

2. Who replaced Sobel as C.O. of Easy Company in Chapter Three, "Duties of the Latrine Orderly: Aldbourne: September 1943-March 1944"?
(a) First Lieutenant Frederick Theodore Heyliger.
(b) First Lieutenant Norman Staunton Dike, Jr.
(c) Lieutenant Thomas Meehan.
(d) First Lieutenant Robert B. Brewer.

3. Who was demoted from regimental to battalion staff due to his excessive drinking in Chapter Fifteen, "The Best Feeling in the World: Mourmelon: February 25-April 2, 1945"?
(a) Captain Herbert Sobel.
(b) Captain Salve Matheson.
(c) Major Oliver Horton.
(d) Captain Lewis Nixon.

4. The objective of Market-Garden was to take control of what?
(a) Roads and bridges.
(b) Peaks and valleys.
(c) Runways and towers.
(d) Airports and bus stations.

5. One of the incompetent officers who attempted to take command of Easy Company was suspected of doing what so he could be evacuated in Chapter Nine, "The Island: Holland: September 17-October 1, 1944"?
(a) Shooting his hand.
(b) Cutting off his toe.
(c) Stabbing his eye.
(d) Slapping a fellow officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Easy Company's boats made it across the river in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?

2. At the end of October, 1943, Sobel assigned Winters to what inspection duty?

3. Easy Company had to travel across the river in how many boats at night in Chapter Fourteen, "The Patrol: Haguenau: January 18-February 23, 1945"?

4. In Chapter Eleven, "They Got Us Surrounded - The Poor Bastards: Bastogne: December 19-31, 1944," German troops surrounded the ring of soldiers protecting Bastogne, making what impossible?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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