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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: “The Void,” Chapters 44-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions had parachuted how many men behind enemy lines at Utah Beach?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 3,000.

2. Where did Harry Ettlinger attend basic training for the Army?
(a) Lexington, Kentucky.
(b) St. Louis, Missouri.
(c) Macon, Georgia.
(d) San Diego, California.

3. According to the author, Givet, Belgium was a replacement depot when Harry Ettlinger arrived there. What term did the men call this staging area for replacement troops?
(a) A “cross-depot.”
(b) A “lion’s gate.”
(c) A “repple depple.”
(d) A “timble bimble.”

4. In Part II: “Northern Europe,” Chapter 10, the author states that the naval bombardment of Omaha Beach began at 5:37 a.m. on what date?
(a) June 6, 1944.
(b) March 6, 1944.
(c) May 27, 1944.
(d) February 15, 1944.

5. Second Lieutenant James J. Rorimer was detained in Mont Saint-Michel by American soldiers because he was suspected to be what?
(a) A Spanish spy.
(b) A German spy.
(c) A Russian spy.
(d) A French spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How deep was the mineshaft at the mine in Bernterode?

2. When was the Reich Sword of Prince Albrecht forged?

3. On what date did the German forces surrender in Italy?

4. On what date was Harry Ettlinger’s nineteenth birthday?

5. When did Walker Hancock arrive in La Gleize, Belgium, following the Battle of the Bulge?

(see the answer key)

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