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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the best of the young German recruits called?
(a) Waffen-SS.
(b) SS-Hitler.
(c) Gestapo.
(d) Gudt Amry.

2. Where do the Americans beat the Germans in battle prior to D-Day?
(a) Ardennes.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Kasserine Pass.

3. What is the Allied code name for the planned invasion for the spring of 1944?
(a) Oberon.
(b) Outlook.
(c) Overboard.
(d) Overlord.

4. 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) 10 divisions,
(d) 50 divisions.

5. What does the SHAEF stand for?
(a) Strategy Handling Allied Expeditionary Force.
(b) Supreme Headquarters Allied Executive Force.
(c) Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.
(d) Strategy Handling Allied Executive Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rommel say he wants to be when the war ends?

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

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

4. Where is Eisenhower born?

5. Where does Eisenhower spend most of 1943 commanding troops?

(see the answer key)

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