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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the American contingent meet in Cherchel?
(a) Benito Mussolini, Commander General of the Italian Africorps.
(b) General Mast, the French commander of the Vichy army's XIX Corps.
(c) The Desert Fox.
(d) General Henri Giraud, a senior general capable of uniting the French cause.

2. In contrast to other offensives, in the taking Safi, the U.S. sustained casualties considered:
(a) Overwhelming.
(b) Minimal.
(c) Excessive.
(d) Moderate.

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

4. How many platoons had Eisenhower commanded in battle prior to the start of World War II?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

5. A British Tommy is quoted as saying:
(a) "To the victor, go the spoils."
(b) "Through France passes our shortest route to the Heart of Germany."
(c) "No guts. No glory."
(d) "The last war was a war to end war. This war's to start 'em up again."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Allen determine to do instead of following Colonel Greer's suggestion?

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

3. What kind of memorial fills the American military cemetery at Carthage to mark the graves of American troops?

4. Upon being made Mussolini's deputy, what plan did Kesselring devise?

5. What plan did Colonel Frank Greer suggest that was countermanded by Terry Allen?

(see the answer key)

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