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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was operation WATCHTOWER?
(a) The name of the original U.S. plan to attack Germany through France.
(b) A pre-emptive strike by the Royal Air Force against North African Axis bases.
(c) The first Allied counter-offensive against Japan at Guadalcanal.
(d) A covert mission to convince Vichy France to join the Allied cause.

3. According to the author, what strategic mistake was repeated at the port of Algiers in operation TERMINAL?
(a) Assuming heavy French resistance.
(b) The launch of a weak pre-emptive strike.
(c) A poorly planned air raid.
(d) A frontal assault.

4. What French character was referred to as "a bad man with a narrow outlook and shifty eye," by Winston Churchill?
(a) Robert Murphy.
(b) Admiral Darlan.
(c) General Mast.
(d) General Giraurd.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rear Admiral Bennett, the RESERVIST plan was:

2. What maps of Morocco were stowed into the holds of the American fleet heading out for TORCH?

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

4. A British Tommy is quoted as saying:

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

(see the answer key)

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