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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through D-Day Minus One Month to D-Day, pgs. 63-76.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the men of Company D trained to do?
(a) Report to their commanding officer before making a decision.
(b) Think quick and be physically fit.
(c) Analyze the situation before making a decision.
(d) Be strong at hand combat exclusively.

2. What was Howard not allowed to do with the maps, photos, and his plan to take the bridges?
(a) Devise training plans from them.
(b) Leave the building.
(c) Sit with them at the building.
(d) Study them.

3. What did Colonel Hans A. Von Luck command?
(a) 10th Panzer Regiment.
(b) 1st Panzer Corp.
(c) 125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment.
(d) 2nd Army.

4. When did Howard receive his orders according to D-Day Minus One Month to D-Day?
(a) June 6, 1943.
(b) June 9, 1944.
(c) December 5, 1942.
(d) May 2, 1944.

5. Where would the British infantry head according to the plan set in place for the invasion?
(a) Caen.
(b) Coutances.
(c) Bayeux.
(d) Lile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information did Howard have access to?

2. How was the Allied war effort going in 1942, according to the start of Chapter 2?

3. What canal did the Pegasus Bridge span?

4. What bridges did General Gale decide should be taken intact?

5. What rank did Hans Schmidt hold in June,1944?

(see the answer key)

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