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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eisenhower want to use behind enemies lines attacking targets in France during D-Day?
(a) Snipers.
(b) Bombers.
(c) Tanks.
(d) Fighter jets.

2. Who interviews Eisenhower about D-Day in 1964?
(a) Mike Wallace.
(b) Dan Rather.
(c) Walter Cronkite.
(d) Ernie Pyle.

3. What is used to drop the Allied paratroopers behind enemy lines?
(a) F-150s.
(b) C-37 "Devils".
(c) M-626s.
(d) C-47 "Dakotas".

4. The U.S. 2nd and 5th Ranger battalions are composed of volunteers known as what?
(a) Second squads.
(b) Suicide squads.
(c) Silence squads.
(d) Sucker squads.

5. The area on the French coast between the beach and the bluffs was called the ___________.
(a) Shore.
(b) Scuttle.
(c) Shoal.
(d) Shingle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the code name for the Germans' elaborate deception to fool the Russians in 1942?

2. Who is the American commander in the Pacific in 1943?

3. The paratroopers gain a fearsome appearance with what?

4. Where is the most extensive Assault Training Center?

5. What does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?

(see the answer key)

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