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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is against the initial plans for the British airborne forces to take Caen?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Montgomery.

2. Which American commander stands up and symbolically throws the thick book of D-Day plans over his shoulder?
(a) Capt. Miller.
(b) Brig. General Cota.
(c) Col. Good.
(d) Col. Van Fleet.

3. Pegasus Bridge is on which river?
(a) Seine.
(b) Dives.
(c) Orne.
(d) Vire.

4. Who does Capt. George Lane meet with when he is captured by the Germans when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?
(a) Rommel.
(b) Gestapo.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Jodl.

5. Who is the biggest advocate of the Oil Plan?
(a) Spaatz.
(b) Tedder.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Arnold.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. More than 40 years later, what does German commander Luck believe would have been key to turning the battle?

3. Where is the soldier from who forgets his name when asked by Eisenhower?

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

5. What is the date of the final dress rehearsal for D-Day?

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