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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Hitler at His Peak.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Guderian's role in his new position centered around what?
(a) Air defense.
(b) Amphibious assault.
(c) Logistics.
(d) Motorized transport.

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

4. What major advantage did tanks have over artillery?
(a) They had more firepower.
(b) They required less support.
(c) They could deliver firepower to specific targets.
(d) They were easier to hide.

5. In 1928, Guderian was assigned to teach what military subject?
(a) Combined Arms.
(b) Trench warfare.
(c) Tank warfare.
(d) Blitzkrieg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was unusual about the mobile division organized by Guderian under General Lutz's command?

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

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

5. Why was Hitler so affected by his arrival in a particular Austrian city?

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