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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much do the bombs weigh that the B-17s drop?
(a) 1000 pounds.
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 100 pounds.

2. What is the name of the commander who wants the paratroopers to be utilized better during the war?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Eisenhower.

3. What is the date that Eisenhower originally sets for D-Day?
(a) June 6.
(b) June 5.
(c) June 7.
(d) June 4.

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

5. What is Rommel given command of in 1940?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Fifteenth Army.
(c) Afrika Korps.
(d) SS Division.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the code name for the Germans' elaborate deception to fool the Russians in 1942?

2. At what hour do most of the tanks roll ashore?

3. What do the bomber pilots think is Hitler's "secret weapon"?

4. Many of the German divisions are waiting on orders from whom?

5. What does the French girl leading Maj. A. J. C. Rosevear and his team to the bridges want them to blow up instead?

(see the answer key)

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