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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10- July 20th and Its Sequel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rank did Guderian achieve in 1938?
(a) Field Marshal.
(b) Major General.
(c) General.
(d) Lieutenant General.

2. What was von Kluge suspected of, following the assassination attempt of July 20th?
(a) Being complicit in the attack.
(b) Giving information to the allies.
(c) Spying for the allies.
(d) Planning the attack.

3. What was the first major action taken by Guderian against Brest-Litovosk?
(a) A force of armored vehicles scouted its defenses.
(b) A motorized division stormed the city, but was repulsed.
(c) SS infantry infiltrated the city at night.
(d) An armored column penetrated the outer defenses of the city.

4. When planning the crossing of the Dnieper river, what did Guderian believe to be the only way to prevent the Russians from establishing a new defensive line?
(a) Direct tank assaults.
(b) Bombardment.
(c) Fast advances.
(d) Air superiority.

5. After the occupation of the Sudetenland, tension with which major nation grew?
(a) France.
(b) The United States.
(c) Russia.
(d) The United Kingdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Guderian feel about the coup plotters of July 20th?

2. What agreement did Germany reach with Russia shortly before the invasion of Poland?

3. How long did it take Guderian to reach the major strategic point of the Vistula River?

4. What was the OKH?

5. What was the state of strategic thinking about the use of tanks in the German high command as of 1938?

(see the answer key)

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