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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. Hitler's arrival in what Austrian city affected him deeply?
(a) Salzburg.
(b) Linz.
(c) Graz.
(d) Vienna.

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

3. Why did Hitler feel it was reasonable to occupy the Sudetenland?
(a) The current ruler was an internationally unloved dictator.
(b) There was a large German population there.
(c) The region was home to failed states.
(d) The occupation would require little violence.

4. Germany's first experimental medium tanks had guns with what diameter of bore?
(a) 75mm.
(b) 25mm.
(c) 150mm
(d) 200mm

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Heinz Guderian born?

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

3. In what branch was Guderian called to serve in 1921?

4. Guderian's role in his new position centered around what?

5. What was the first major action taken by Guderian against Brest-Litovosk?

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