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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Rommel on June 4?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Visiting his wife.
(c) Inspecting the Atlantic Wall.
(d) Hunting.

2. Where is Eisenhower born?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Maine.
(d) Minnesota.

3. Which American general is used as a decoy to fool the Germans about the location of D-Day?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Patton.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Eisenhower.

4. What do the Germans guarding the artillery posts do to pass time in April and May?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Fortify the Atlantic Wall.
(c) Write letters home.
(d) Dig trenches.

5. Where do the Germans build the Atlantic Wall?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Japan.
(d) England.

6. What does AEF stand for?
(a) American Executive Force.
(b) Allied Expeditionary Force.
(c) Allied Executive Force.
(d) American Expenditure Force.

7. What does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?
(a) War.
(b) Organization.
(c) Strategy.
(d) Leadership.

8. At what time does the German radar finally spot the Allied fleet?
(a) 0309.
(b) 0409.
(c) 0609.
(d) 0709.

9. What are the Freiwilligen?
(a) Spies.
(b) Volunteers.
(c) Special ops.
(d) Elite pilots.

10. Utah Beach is the code name for what part of the French coast?
(a) Pas-de-Calais.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Cotentin.
(d) Calvados.

11. What do the bomber pilots think is Hitler's "secret weapon"?
(a) Bombs.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Low lying wires.
(d) Snipers.

12. The U.S. 2nd and 5th Ranger battalions are composed of volunteers known as what?
(a) Second squads.
(b) Silence squads.
(c) Suicide squads.
(d) Sucker squads.

13. What is always the weakest spot on any Allied line during the war?
(a) The lack of a strong navy.
(b) The gap between the air assault and ground fire.
(c) The boundary between the American and British armies.
(d) The boundary between the Germans and Russians.

14. Where is the German army's last offensive on the Eastern Front?
(a) Kursk.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Prague.
(d) Moscow.

15. The Germans have an elite tank division, but lack the ______to sustain operations.
(a) Fuel.
(b) Strategy.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Trained soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is attached to the LCTs by wire cable as they make their way to the beach?

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

3. Where do the Germans pick up Capt. George Lane when he is doing reconnaissance on mines?

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

5. What is the real name of the sexy-voiced Ohio girl known as "Axis Sally"?

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