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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many phases has the Assault Training Center broken down into?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.
2. Which American general is used as a decoy to fool the Germans about the location of D-Day?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Patton.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Eisenhower.
3. What are the Vergeltungswaffen?
(a) Elite troops.
(b) Vengeance weapons.
(c) Spies.
(d) Tanks.
4. At what hour on June 4 does Eisenhower give the order to proceed with the invasion?
(a) 2030.
(b) 2315.
(c) 2145.
(d) 0300.
5. The lesson Hitler took from World War I is that Germany could not win a war of __________.
(a) Attrition.
(b) Fire power.
(c) Strategy.
(d) Politics.
6. Where do Roosevelt and Churchill meet with Stalin in 1943?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Tehran.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.
7. Who says that the Allies' best chance is the "blast"?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Churchill.
(d) Roosevelt.
8. Who is on the top of Churchill's list of "Worries of a Commander"?
(a) Hitler.
(b) De Gaulle.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Roosevelt.
9. Where do Rommel and Eisenhower first engage in battle?
(a) Ardennes.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Kasserine Pass.
10. What are the losses predicted by Commander Leigh-Mallory?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 70 percent.
(c) 60 percent.
(d) 40 percent.
11. What does Ambrose have framed on the wall of his office?
(a) D-Day maps.
(b) A letter from Churchill.
(c) Eisenhower's order of the day.
(d) Rommel's invasion defense plans.
12. What group is the first to attend the Assault Training Center?
(a) 250th Rangers.
(b) 81st Airborne.
(c) 29th Division.
(d) 101st Infantry.
13. What are the groups of paratroopers jumping from each plane called?
(a) Sausages.
(b) Clicks.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Crickets.
14. 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.
15. What is Rommel given command of in 1940?
(a) Afrika Korps.
(b) Fifteenth Army.
(c) Sicily.
(d) SS Division.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Germans have an elite tank division, but lack the ______to sustain operations.
2. What is attached to the LCTs by wire cable as they make their way to the beach?
3. The U.S. 2nd and 5th Ranger battalions are composed of volunteers known as what?
4. What are the panzer units in the German army?
5. Who is against the initial plans for the British airborne forces to take Caen?
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