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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strategic mistake did Fredendall make in regards to Faid Pass?
(a) Issued orders of extreme complexity that confused the front.
(b) Ignored Anderson's order to 'make things right' there, even though it was a pass of little consequence.
(c) Used half measures to counter attack there in order to focus on less strategically important battles.
(d) Delayed for two days which allowed German troops to dig in.

2. Who wrote the following after the drubbing in Sbeitla: "There is nothing wrong with the common American soldier. His fighting spirit is good. His morale is okay. The deeper he gets into a fight, the more of a fighting man he becomes."
(a) Ernie Pyle.
(b) Paul Robinett.
(c) Charles Perry.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

3. How was SATIN a change in strategy for the Allies?
(a) It placed emphasis on tank battle and resulted in the issuance of thousands of bazookas.
(b) It prioritized taking out Sicilian air bases and postponed the push for Tunis.
(c) It changed the objective from capturing Bizerte & Tunis to destroying Rommel's army.
(d) It shifted the focus from a ground battle to an air and naval battle.

4. How long was the battle of Gafsa?
(a) Three days.
(b) Exactly 24 hours.
(c) 12 hours and thirty minutes.
(d) Only a few hours.

5. Who said the following: "...infantry, like whiskey, loses potency when diluted."
(a) Ernest Hemmingway.
(b) Ernie Pyle.
(c) Major General Terry Allen.
(d) Winston Churchill.

6. What impasse was surmounted in the deliberations in Casablanca that helped lead to an agreed upon plan to win the war?
(a) The desire of the British to defeat Rommel as a first priority.
(b) The desire of the British contingent to immediately make a cross-channel invasion.
(c) The desire of the American contingent to defeat Japan first.
(d) The desire of the American contingent to comprimise Russia.

7. What was Fruhlingswind?
(a) A plan to air drop 400 German and Italian troops behind enemy lines to take Speedy Valley.
(b) An attack by a concentration of Stutka's on Faid Pass.
(c) A counter attack by German artillery on Sidi bou Zid.
(d) An attack by over 200 German tanks on Sidi bou Zid.

8. What was General Everlegh confident would fall before the end of Christmas Day?
(a) Snow.
(b) Hill 209.
(c) Djebel el Rhar.
(d) Longstop hill.

9. Who was General Nehring replaced by?
(a) Field Marshal erwin Rommel.
(b) General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim.
(c) Captain Wilhelm Knoche.
(d) Field Marshal Albert Kesselring.

10. Which high ranking American commander was captured in operation Furlingswind?
(a) Terry Allen.
(b) John Waters.
(c) Kenneth Anderson.
(d) Ted Roosevelt.

11. What strategic assessment did Arnim and Rommel agree on?
(a) That high command must either provide sufficient supplies to the African armies or they would need to abandon Tunisia althogether.
(b) That indecisive Allied commanders would not take the offensive in 1943.
(c) That the high command should focus on air power first and tank power second.
(d) That a 200 mile long bridgehead could be held without the assistance of Italian troops.

12. What was done to mollify Eisenhowers' indignation at the changes made to command structure at the Casablanca conference?
(a) The French were removed from all high level command positions.
(b) A detailed plan for improving troop provisioning was installed.
(c) The RAF provided an additional 100 aircraft and the promise of air superiority.
(d) He was given another star.

13. What command did Patton order of Ward in the taking of the Maknassy Heights?
(a) To fight to the last man, including himself.
(b) To hit it with everything he had and not to return alive if it isn't taken.
(c) To lead the attack personally and not return until he had taken it.
(d) To retreat to Macknassy and await his replacement.

14. What example does the author give of McQuillin's suggested use of outdated military technology?
(a) The use of trip wires made from ration cans filled with rocks.
(b) Landmines made from bundled grenades.
(c) The construction of a catapult in homage to Hannibal.
(d) The use of homing pigeons to direct his forces on the front.

15. What order threatened the success of Rommel's push on Tebessa?
(a) The order to cancel air support.
(b) Repositioning the force futher to the north.
(c) Only half the tanks requested were allotted to the task.
(d) To attack East but only as far as Le Kef.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two passes did the Germans utilize in operation Fruhlingswind?

2. The American route by Arnim was successful to the point of making Rommel's attack Morgenluft negligible. What strategic objective in Tebessa did Rommel have his eye on?

3. What is Longstop?

4. Patton's II Corps had reached 88,473 men, the author notes that this is exactly the same size as what other American force?

5. What criticism does the author make of Speedy Valley during the course of Furlingswind?

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