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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What promise did General Patton make to the President of the United States in the presence of Rear Admiral Hewitt?
(a) "The French will capitulate quickly."
(b) "I will leave the beaches either a conqueror or a corpse."
(c) "I will ride into battle on horseback."
(d) "We will make the crossing without the loss of a single boat."

4. What is Ultra?
(a) A clandestine plan to land a group of American conspirators behind enemy lines in North Africa.
(b) The intelligence gathered through British decipherment of coded German radio messages.
(c) The name of the U.S. Secret Service in World War II.
(d) The codename for the bazooka.

5. According to the author, many American officers were concerned that the British war plan was:
(a) To draw out the war to further London's imperial ambitions.
(b) Too bold by far, under-manned by half.
(c) An attempt to curb French ambitions as well as those of the Germans.
(d) Too consolidated and misdirected in that it attacked only one Axis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to General Patten, it was his expectation of an officer to:

2. What was Robert Murphy's mission in Algiers?

3. What knocked Major Robert Moore to the ground at the battle for Lambiridi?

4. What was the first town to be captured by the Allies?

5. What two issues particularly occupied the minds of the American strategists planning Torch?

(see the answer key)

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