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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the command group in charge of planning D-Day?
(a) COSSAC.
(b) CCS.
(c) SHAEF.
(d) DUKW.

2. What does Eisenhower want to use behind enemies lines attacking targets in France during D-Day?
(a) Fighter jets.
(b) Snipers.
(c) Tanks.
(d) Bombers.

3. What does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?
(a) Strategy.
(b) War.
(c) Organization.
(d) Leadership.

4. Who does Capt. George Lane meet with when he is captured by the Germans when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Rommel.
(c) Gestapo.
(d) Jodl.

5. Which American general is used as a decoy to fool the Germans about the location of D-Day?
(a) Patton.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Montgomery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is against the initial plans for the British airborne forces to take Caen?

2. Where do the Allies want the Germans to believe the D-Day invasion would be?

3. How many days after D-Day does Germany's premier tank division arrive at the French coast?

4. What is the Allies' best source for information about the Atlantic Wall?

5. Where do the Germans pick up Capt. George Lane when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?

(see the answer key)

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