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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rommel say he wants to be when the war ends?
(a) Hydraulic engineer.
(b) American.
(c) General.
(d) Electrical engineer.

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

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

4. What compounds Germany's strategic problems as the war goes on?
(a) Spies.
(b) Shortages.
(c) Troop morale.
(d) Arrogance.

5. Where is the soldier from who forgets his name when asked by Eisenhower?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Maine.
(c) Texas.
(d) Nebraska.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the biggest advocate of the Oil Plan?

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

3. What group is the first to attend the Assault Training Center?

4. Where is the German army's last offensive on the Eastern Front?

5. Who is the American commander in the Pacific in 1943?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the panzer unit to arrive fourteen days late to Normandy?

2. What are the similarities in the backgrounds of Eisenhower and Rommel?

3. What efforts does Rommel make to defend the French coastline in addition to the Atlantic Wall?

4. What is the reason the Allies needed a soil sample from Calvados before a final decision could be made?

5. Why is the Calvados coast of Normandy chosen as the landing site for the D-Day invasion?

6. What happens with the three bridges the Allies had predetermined to destroy in the opening phase of the invasion?

7. How is the "Transportation Plan" viewed by experts after the war?

8. What plans do the Allies make to breach the Atlantic Wall?

9. How does Hitler misjudge the need for fighter jets over bombers?

10. What effect does World War II have on the American economy?

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