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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5- The Campaign in the West.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major life change did Guderian make before WWI?
(a) He enlisted in the army.
(b) He renounced his faith.
(c) He became a German citizen.
(d) He married.

2. What was the diplomatic result of Germany's invasion of Poland?
(a) The United States entered the war.
(b) Russia declared war on both Poland and Germany.
(c) England and France promised to protect other European countries.
(d) England and France declared war on Germany.

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

4. When did Germany annex the remainder of Czechoslovakia?
(a) September 1939.
(b) May 1939.
(c) December 1938.
(d) November 1938.

5. What achievement was Hitler astonished to discover when he visited the troops in Poland?
(a) The mobile infantry had suffered almost no losses.
(b) The tanks were effective against enemy infantry.
(c) The Polish soldiers wanted to join the German army.
(d) Tanks had destroyed whole Polish artillery positions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one difficulty that Guderian's forces encountered during the march into Austria?

2. When was the Sudetenland incorporated into Germany?

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

4. What happened to von Fritsch, Blomberg, and Lutz at about the same time Guderian was promoted in 1938?

5. What was Guderian's father's profession?

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