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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 was highly publicized and celebrated?
(a) The 50th anniversary of the capture of the bridge.
(b) The promotion of Howard to General.
(c) The 40th anniversary of the capture of the bridge.
(d) The death of Romer.

2. What did Howard and his men do when paratroopers arrived at the bridges?
(a) They briefed them.
(b) They deployed them immediately.
(c) They used them on the front line.
(d) They used them as couriers.

3. When did Howard retire?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1985.

4. Why was the old Pegasus Bridge replaced?
(a) The original bridge was too narrow for modern cars.
(b) The amount of structural damage on the original bridge.
(c) To allow bigger ships to pass.
(d) New construction in the area.

5. The music Sweeney heard was supposed to be__________________.
(a) A retreat signal.
(b) A surrender signal.
(c) A victory signal.
(d) A signal between Howard and Lovat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many complete glider groups were present when Howard called for a platoon leader meeting?

2. What was made depicting the action at the bridges?

3. Why did Howard's special unit shrink after D-Day?

4. When did Poett reach the bridge?

5. Whom was Howard lecturing according to Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what endeavor was Howard instrumental?

2. What have movies depicted, according to Ambrose?

3. What does Ambrose say of the villages of Benouville and Ranville?

4. What happened when the Warwickshire Regiment arrived?

5. What did the display lead the Germans to believe in Chapter 6?

6. Why was the Pegasus Bridge eventually replaced according to Ambrose?

7. Why were Howard's platoons repositioned?

8. Why were the paratroopers disoriented when they landed, according to Ambrose?

9. Why was the morale of men low according to Ambrose?

10. What happened by 1800 hours according to Chapter 8, D-Day: 1200 to 2400 Hours?

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