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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the Fifty-two Sherman tanks caught in the German attack Fruhlingswind how many survived?
(a) 24.
(b) 0.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

2. What order threatened the success of Rommel's push on Tebessa?
(a) Only half the tanks requested were allotted to the task.
(b) The order to cancel air support.
(c) Repositioning the force futher to the north.
(d) To attack East but only as far as Le Kef.

3. What best describes the enemy structure referred to as the 'Kasbah' by Americans?
(a) A sixteenth-century Portuguese fortress.
(b) A beach resort used as a French command center.
(c) A large barn temporarily used as U.S. Army barracks.
(d) A tower originally built during the crusades now used by a nest of snipers.

4. What excuse did Patton cite for disobeying orders regarding the planned bombardment of Casablanca.
(a) Bulky communications.
(b) Excessive enemy resistance.
(c) Pressure from U boats in the channel.
(d) Lack of assumed air superiority.

5. According to the author, what subtle changes had started to become evident in American troops towards the end of 1942?
(a) Fieldcraft and becoming hard-bitten.
(b) Complacence and ingratitude.
(c) Political accumen and hard resistence.
(d) Dispair and persistence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was General Nehring replaced by?

2. What did Allen determine to do instead of following Colonel Greer's suggestion?

3. Which high ranking American commander was captured in operation Furlingswind?

4. What is Brigadier General Truscott quoted as learning, perhaps in relation to his conflict in Mehdia?

5. Who said the following: "...infantry, like whiskey, loses potency when diluted."

(see the answer key)

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