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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, The Significance of Pegasus Bridge. pgs. 181-183.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Howard and his troops go for training according to Chapter 4?
(a) Devon.
(b) Exeter.
(c) Kent.
(d) Sussex.

2. What time did Howard finish setting up his defensive position around the bridge?
(a) 0245 hours,
(b) 0235 hours.
(c) 0115 hours.
(d) 0015 hours.

3. What did Eisenhower say about the fighting fury of an aroused democracy?
(a) No totalitarian dictatorship could ever match it.
(b) It was hard to aim at the enemy.
(c) It was low.
(d) It was dangerous for anyone to control.

4. Whose accounts, beside those of the British troops, were used in the depiction of the action at the bridges?
(a) The Gondree's.
(b) The French resistance members.
(c) No other accounts were used.
(d) Romer's, Hickman's, and Erwin's.

5. What rank did Helmet Romer have on June 5, 1944, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Major.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Corporal.
(d) Private.

Short Answer Questions

1. What speculation about Thornton does Ambrose make in the Epilogue to try to better understand the value of the Pegasus Bridge?

2. Where was Brotheridge hit?

3. What did the Gondrees know about the soldiers by the bridge?

4. Who remembered seeing a body near the cafe?

5. How many ships where off the cost of Normandy on June 6th?

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