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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Eisenhower spend most of 1943 commanding troops?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Africa.

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

3. The navy refers to "crafts" as being under _________ feet and "ships" as being anything over that.
(a) 300.
(b) 500.
(c) 200.
(d) 400.

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

5. Where do the Allies want the Germans to believe the D-Day invasion would be?
(a) Norway.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Greenland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the code name for the British system for breaking the German Enigma encoding machine?

2. How many divisions do the Allies have in France when they first meet German troops in 1944?

3. Who is against the initial plans for the British airborne forces to take Caen?

4. What is the code name for the Allies' elaborate plan to fool the Germans about D-Day?

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

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