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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maj. A. J. C. Rosevear is assigned to destroy three bridges on the ______ River.
(a) Orne.
(b) Dives.
(c) Douve.
(d) Sienne.

2. Allies take a soil sample from the proposed landing site hoping not to find _________.
(a) Salt water.
(b) Peat fields.
(c) Sand.
(d) Oil.

3. What are Sherman tanks also know as?
(a) EVDs.
(b) Tigers.
(c) LCDs.
(d) DDs.

4. What does Eisenhower want to paralyze in the weeks leading up to D-Day?
(a) German artillery stockpiles.
(b) German oil reserves.
(c) French railway system.
(d) French and German farms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which German commander is wounded by shrapnel and taken aboard an Allied medical ship?

2. How many airplanes per month is the U.S. producing by the end of 1943?

3. What do many of the troops use as a shield on the beaches?

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

5. Where is the command post of General Bradley?

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