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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One soldier compared riding a LCT to all of the following EXCEPT for _____________.
(a) Roller coaster.
(b) Terrible hangover.
(c) Camel.
(d) Bucking bronco.

2. Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder is the leader of ___________.
(a) Civil engineers.
(b) Fighter pilots.
(c) 82nd Airborne.
(d) Ranger Company.

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

4. What do Allied troops eat three meals a day before the invasion?
(a) Steak.
(b) Rations.
(c) Hash.
(d) Lobster.

5. More than 40 years later, what does German commander Luck believe would have been key to turning the battle?
(a) Controlling the beaches.
(b) Taking more POWs.
(c) Controlling the bridges.
(d) Controlling the villages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says it is "the fury of an aroused democracy" that is the key to victory?

2. What is the Russian army called?

3. What is the name of Eisenhower's dog that he acquires during the war?

4. What is the date that Eisenhower originally sets for D-Day?

5. What compounds Germany's strategic problems as the war goes on?

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