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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What events occurred to the disappointment of Hitler around 1941?
(a) Mussolini's fondness of French culture and Japan's need for war ships.
(b) Stalin's break from his treaty with Germany and the resulting shortage in fuel reserves.
(c) Spain's refusal to join the Axis and Italy's invasion of Greece.
(d) The fall of Yugoslavia and Britain's invasion across the English Channel.

2. The average number of deaths per day during the war averaged:
(a) 9,600.
(b) 27,600.
(c) 12,600.
(d) 7,600.

3. Old Ironsides was both the only tank division to see desert battle in WWII, and:
(a) The only tank division trained in amphibious assault.
(b) The only tank division to receive no desert training.
(c) The only tank division equipped with radios.
(d) The only tank division manned by volunteers.

4. September 1, 1939 marked the first day of a war that would last approximately:
(a) 2,000 days.
(b) 1,000 days.
(c) 4,000 days.
(d) 3,000 days.

5. What did Eisenhower suspect of General Giraud?
(a) Axis sympathies.
(b) A bluff.
(c) Anti-semitism.
(d) Cowardess.

Short Answer Questions

1. TORCH is considered by the author to have been:

2. According to the author, what significant change occurred in the relationship between the Allies over the course of the campaign?

3. What is Ultra?

4. A British Tommy is quoted as saying:

5. Against the wishes of his generals, the president of the United States canceled which plan in preference for a North African invasion?

(see the answer key)

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