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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Eisenhower born?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Maine.
(d) Kentucky.

2. What day are the two soldiers sent to the French coast to get secret soil samples by the Allies?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) Christmas.

3. Where does Eisenhower go to college?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) West Point.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Annapolis.

4. What does SOS stand for?
(a) Service of Ships.
(b) Services of Supply.
(c) Supply or Services.
(d) Save Our Ships.

5. What is handed out along with rations to the troops as they board vessels for the invasions?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Bibles.
(d) Condoms.

6. Where does Eisenhower give an impromptu graduation address in the spring of 1944?
(a) Sandhurst.
(b) Sorbonne.
(c) Slapton Sands.
(d) West Point.

7. What is always the weakest spot on any Allied line during the war?
(a) The boundary between the American and British armies.
(b) The gap between the air assault and ground fire.
(c) The boundary between the Germans and Russians.
(d) The lack of a strong navy.

8. The paratroopers gain a fearsome appearance with what?
(a) Piercings.
(b) Mohawks.
(c) Tattoos.
(d) War paint.

9. What does Eisenhower believe is a skill that could be learned and not an art?
(a) Organization.
(b) Strategy.
(c) War.
(d) Leadership.

10. How many minesweepers clear the Channel for the Allies?
(a) 2500.
(b) 250.
(c) 375.
(d) 3200.

11. Where does Eisenhower spend most of 1943 commanding troops?
(a) Africa.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

12. Where is the German army's last offensive on the Eastern Front?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Kursk.
(d) Prague.

13. What is Maj. John Howard's D Company known as?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Bulls and Broncs.
(d) Ox and Bucks.

14. What are the best of the young German recruits called?
(a) Waffen-SS.
(b) SS-Hitler.
(c) Gestapo.
(d) Gudt Amry.

15. Where do Roosevelt and Churchill meet with Stalin in 1943?
(a) Tehran.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are considered the knights in shining armor of World War II?

2. What is used to drop the Allied paratroopers behind enemy lines?

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

4. How many infantry divisions does Germany have in France when they first meet the Allies on the French coast?

5. What does Rommel say he wants to be when the war ends?

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