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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the best tanks that the Germans produce called?
(a) Sand Sharks.
(b) Das Reich.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Geshalts.

2. The area on the French coast between the beach and the bluffs was called the ___________.
(a) Shoal.
(b) Shingle.
(c) Scuttle.
(d) Shore.

3. Who is commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War I?
(a) General John J. Pershing.
(b) General George Patton.
(c) General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Colonel George Marshall.

4. Who is praised by Eisenhower as "the man who won the war for us"?
(a) James Clark Wilson.
(b) Andrew Jackson Higgins.
(c) William Rockefeller.
(d) Henry Ransom Paulding.

5. German generals warn Rommel that he should keep his tanks out of range of what?
(a) Allied naval guns.
(b) Allied infantry.
(c) Panzer units.
(d) Paratroopers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Eisenhower born?

2. Who says that the Allies' best chance is the "blast"?

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

4. What is Maj. John Howard's D Company known as?

5. How many ships are involved in D-Day?

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