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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two defects in planning for Longstop does the author point out?
(a) Expected tanks to take steep terrain and attacked with insufficient force.
(b) Underestimated the size of the enemy and misread the terrain.
(c) Placed artillery too distant for accuracy and turned down air support.
(d) Used green troops and insufficient artillery.

2. Why did Darlan revoke his order announcing to all French troops that further battle was futile?
(a) The position of the British above him in the command structure threatened French authority.
(b) French troops threatened revolt.
(c) Marshal Petain sacked Darlan as his military commander and repudiated the agreement.
(d) The arrival of General Giraud threatened his new position.

3. What rouse did the French employ when repairing the gun turret on the Jean Bart?
(a) They left the guns cockeyed.
(b) They allowed the ship to sink several feet.
(c) They pumped smoke from the top of the turret suggesting fire on board.
(d) They camouflaged the gun turret with wreckage from other ships.

4. In what state did General Harold Alexander find the Allied command?
(a) In full retreat.
(b) Organized and poised for the offensive.
(c) Despondent and lacking resolve.
(d) Disorganized without a policy or a plan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The American route by Arnim was successful to the point of making Rommel's attack Morgenluft negligible. What strategic objective in Tebessa did Rommel have his eye on?

2. The death of Admiral Darlan is considered to have had what effect on the Allies?

3. While Patton was made a national hero in taking Casablanca, which defects were also revealed, according to the author?

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

5. What was Leedstown?

(see the answer key)

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