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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was operation SYMBOL?
(a) A British offensive into Kesserine Valley.
(b) The plan to promote General Clark.
(c) An Allied conference in Casablanca.
(d) The transport of Winston Churchill to Casablanca.

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

3. Upon the capitulation of the French, what 'natural order' was quickly re-established?
(a) Franco-American amity.
(b) Mutual distrust.
(c) French superiority.
(d) British generalship.

4. Upon being made Mussolini's deputy, what plan did Kesselring devise?
(a) To build a bridgehead around Tunis and plan a counter attack.
(b) An immediate assault on Oran.
(c) To give up North Africa as slowly as possible to buy time for the Axis campaign in Russia.
(d) A consolidation of forces aimed at breaking the Allied forces up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the H.M.S. Bulolo deliver to Casablanca to assist the British in their cause?

2. In contrast to other offensives, in the taking Safi, the U.S. sustained casualties considered:

3. According to the author, many American officers were concerned that the British war plan was:

4. While information on the attack was slow to come into headquarters, Eisenhower did not believe which report:

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

(see the answer key)

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