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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On January 1, 1942, twenty-six countries signed an agreement to forswear any separate peace without mutual concurrence and to make a common cause of "life, liberty independence, and religious freedom, and to preserve the rights of man and justice." This group of nations called themselves:
(a) NAFTA.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) The International Democratic Union.
(d) The Allies.

2. Whose personal credo is: "Always do whatever you can to keep your superior from making a mistake."
(a) Colonel Paul Robinett.
(b) Major General J.S. Nichols.
(c) Lt. General George Patton.
(d) Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

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

4. What was the biggest deficiency, according to the author, in Allied planning?
(a) Artillery.
(b) Morale.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Lack of air fields.

5. 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) "I will leave the beaches either a conqueror or a corpse."
(c) "The French will capitulate quickly."
(d) "I will ride into battle on horseback."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What written warning from superiors did Commander Terry Allen burn?

3. What excuse did Patton cite for disobeying orders regarding the planned bombardment of Casablanca.

4. What was General Giraud's stated expectation upon reaching Gibraltar?

5. What "huge, chairborn force" of more than 1,000 officers and 15,000 enlisted troops occupied 2,000 pieces of real estate in Algiers?

(see the answer key)

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