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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the SHAEF stand for?
(a) Strategy Handling Allied Expeditionary Force.
(b) Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.
(c) Supreme Headquarters Allied Executive Force.
(d) Strategy Handling Allied Executive Force.

2. What is the name of the commander who wants the paratroopers to be utilized better during the war?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Bradley.

3. What is the name of the subordinate who Rommel told, "the war is lost"?
(a) Reichert.
(b) Luck.
(c) Lecht.
(d) Von Horn.

4. What is the assignment of Sgt. Elmo Jones, 505th PIR?
(a) Gunner.
(b) Pathfinder.
(c) Paratrooper.
(d) Skipper.

5. At what hour does Rommel hear of the invasion?
(a) 0600.
(b) 0730.
(c) 0930.
(d) 1030.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Eisenhower spend most of 1943 commanding troops?

2. Where do Rommel and Eisenhower first engage in battle?

3. More than 40 years later, what does German commander Luck believe would have been key to turning the battle?

4. What are the groups of paratroopers jumping from each plane called?

5. Pegasus Bridge is on which river?

(see the answer key)

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