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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who traveled to Gibraltar under the nom de guerre of "General Howe."
(a) George Patton.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Ted Roosevelt.

2. According to Allen, why does a soldier fight?
(a) Because that's what he's trained to do.
(b) To prove that his unit is the best in the Army and that he has as much guts as anybody else in the unit.
(c) To save suffering humanity.
(d) For his country, his family, and his sense of honor.

3. TORCH is considered by the author to have been:
(a) "The single worst tactical decision of the war."
(b) "Primarily a diversionary tactic to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union."
(c) "Poorly planned but excellently executed."
(d) "The most daring amphibious operation in the history of modern warfare."

4. Upon the capitulation of the French, what 'natural order' was quickly re-established?
(a) Franco-American amity.
(b) French superiority.
(c) British generalship.
(d) Mutual distrust.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was considered "the single most decisive act of the Second World War," by historian Marin Gilbert?

2. According to the author, the end of the cavalry era came not with a bang, but with:

3. What events occurred to the disappointment of Hitler around 1941?

4. What French character was referred to as "a bad man with a narrow outlook and shifty eye," by Winston Churchill?

5. The signal "Advance Napoleon," was issues by Eisenhower which indicated what to the troops readying operation VILLAIN?

(see the answer key)

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