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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4- The Beginnning of the Disaster.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Guderian see and drive his first tank?
(a) England.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Austria.
(d) Sweden.

2. What was the state of strategic thinking about the use of tanks in the German high command as of 1938?
(a) There was complete agreement about their use.
(b) They had become the center of the German military.
(c) There was still disagreement about their use.
(d) They were not accepted as effective weapons.

3. What happened to the Austrian army after the successful German march on that nation?
(a) It was turned into a police force.
(b) It was reduced to a small fraction of its original size.
(c) It was incorporated into the German army.
(d) It was disbanded.

4. Guderian's concept of the "panzer division" had what distinction?
(a) It was centered around tanks.
(b) It was impossible to actually put into practice.
(c) It was an outdated concept.
(d) It included only tanks.

5. What was one difficulty that Guderian's forces encountered during the march into Austria?
(a) They had difficulty clearing minefields.
(b) The experimental tanks often broke down.
(c) They encountered resistance from partisans.
(d) They were forced to refuel at Austrian gas stations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What achievement was Hitler astonished to discover when he visited the troops in Poland?

2. Germany's first experimental medium tanks had guns with what diameter of bore?

3. What river was Brest-Litovsk located on?

4. Why did Guderian accept the new post offered to him after the occupation of the Sudetenland?

5. After World War I, the German army was limited to how many men?

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