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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. What happened to von Fritsch, Blomberg, and Lutz at about the same time Guderian was promoted in 1938?
(a) They were tried for treason.
(b) They defected.
(c) They were demoted.
(d) They were also promoted.

2. Panzer divisions did NOT include which of the following?
(a) Mobile anti-air vehicles.
(b) Motorized infantry.
(c) Anti-tank weapons.
(d) Tanks.

3. How many Panzer divisions were formed by 1935?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

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

5. What unit was Guderian given command over for the march on Austria?
(a) The 1st Fallshirmjager Division.
(b) The 84th Infantry Division.
(c) The 2nd Panzer Division.
(d) The 9th Sicherungs Divisions.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Germany annex the remainder of Czechoslovakia?

2. What did Guderian do when he reached Brest-Litovsk?

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

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

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

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