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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. What was the common soldier of the 3rd Reich incapable of according to Ambrose?
(a) Aiming.
(b) Acting on their own.
(c) Surrendering.
(d) Fighting.

2. What did Sweeney say he heard during a meeting about the current situation of the troops on the Pegasus bridge?
(a) Flutes.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Bagpipes.
(d) Horns.

3. Whom did Helmet Romer relieve?
(a) Vern Bonck.
(b) Helmert.
(c) Schmidt.
(d) Zigfried.

4. What was the first report Howard received after setting up his command post on the Canal Bridge?
(a) Brotheridge being wounded.
(b) Brotheridge being dead.
(c) The arrival of the relieving company.
(d) The arrival of Poet.

5. Who attended the celebrations for the capture of the Pegasus bridge prior to 1984 according to Chapter 11, D-Day Plus Forty Years to D-Day Plus Fifty Years?
(a) Only those who participated.
(b) The public.
(c) Howard and Gale alone.
(d) Allied soldiers only.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Company D stationed after returning to England in Chapter 10, D-Day Plus Three Months to D-Day Plus Fifty Years?

2. When did Poett reach the bridge?

3. Where were the tunnels the paratroopers started to explore after securing the bridges?

4. Where did Howard and his troops go for training according to Chapter 4?

5. Who told Howard to developed his plan to take the bridges?

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