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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Eisenhower give an impromptu graduation address in the spring of 1944?
(a) Sorbonne.
(b) West Point.
(c) Slapton Sands.
(d) Sandhurst.

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

3. Who are considered the knights in shining armor of World War II?
(a) Submarine captains.
(b) Fighter pilots.
(c) Allied commanders.
(d) Battalion leaders.

4. Many of the German divisions are waiting on orders from whom?
(a) Rommel.
(b) Dollmann.
(c) Rundstedt.
(d) Hitler.

5. How many troops drop into Normandy on D-Day?
(a) 9000.
(b) 6600.
(c) 2500.
(d) 3500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is praised by Eisenhower as "the man who won the war for us"?

2. The landscape at the top of the cliffs reminds the Ranger Company of what?

3. Where do the Americans beat the Germans in battle prior to D-Day?

4. What does LCA stand for?

5. Which unit of paratroopers drops where they are supposed to with minimum problems?

(see the answer key)

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