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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group is the first to attend the Assault Training Center?
(a) 29th Division.
(b) 250th Rangers.
(c) 81st Airborne.
(d) 101st Infantry.

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

3. Who is a master of sabotage against the Germans?
(a) French Resistance.
(b) Jewish prisoners.
(c) Polish POWs.
(d) American spies.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The area on the French coast between the beach and the bluffs was called the ___________.

2. The paratroopers gain a fearsome appearance with what?

3. What does AEF stand for?

4. How many infantry divisions does Germany have in France when they first meet the Allies on the French coast?

5. What would be the perfect, yet too obvious, landing site for the D-Day invasion?

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