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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 date of the final dress rehearsal for D-Day?
(a) May 30.
(b) May 15.
(c) May 5.
(d) May 10.

2. Allies take a soil sample from the proposed landing site hoping not to find _________.
(a) Salt water.
(b) Peat fields.
(c) Oil.
(d) Sand.

3. What would be the perfect, yet too obvious, landing site for the D-Day invasion?
(a) Pas-de-Calais.
(b) Brittany.
(c) Le Harve.
(d) Calvados.

4. What does Rommel say he wants to be when the war ends?
(a) General.
(b) American.
(c) Electrical engineer.
(d) Hydraulic engineer.

5. How many infantry divisions does Germany have in France when they first meet the Allies on the French coast?
(a) 30 divisions.
(b) 5 divisions.
(c) 50 divisions.
(d) 10 divisions,

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel" (LCVP) also known as?

2. What does Eisenhower want to paralyze in the weeks leading up to D-Day?

3. How many airplanes per month is the U.S. producing by the end of 1943?

4. What does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?

5. What is the landing site the Allies choose for the D-Day invasion?

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