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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, General Patton had condensed his extensive study of history and military art down to one manifesto. What was it?
(a) "Divide and conquer."
(b) "Violent attacks everywhere with everything."
(c) "Establish a unified front and push until their back is against the wall."
(d) "Survival in battle is for the lucky; it's a soldier's duty to die."

2. What two issues particularly occupied the minds of the American strategists planning Torch?
(a) If the plan had been leaked to the Germans and Vichy France's certain role in fighting the landings.
(b) German U-boats and Japanese dive bombers.
(c) The training of troops on two different continents and how to merge the forces while at sea.
(d) That minimal British troops accompany the initial landings and where to make the landings.

3. The initial American strategy for attacking Hitler was summed up by a British general as:
(a) To stop wasting time with Japan and attack Germany with all available means.
(b) To overwhelm North Africa thereby ensuring Spanish neutrality.
(c) To go for him bald-headed and as soon as possible, by the shortest and most direct route.
(d) To isolate Germany from her Italian allies by infiltrating Austria.

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

5. What kind of memorial fills the American military cemetery at Carthage to mark the graves of American troops?
(a) Simple marble markers.
(b) One large marble tomb.
(c) Catacombs.
(d) Several granite obelisks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Inspired by the quality of the food during the Torch voyage, the 13th Armored Regiment suggested changing their battle cry to what?

3. The average number of deaths per day during the war averaged:

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

5. What medal did Rear Admiral Hewitt win in World War I?

(see the answer key)

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